May 05

Blessed Catalina Cittadini

May 5th XIX century

In Somasca, near Bergamo, in Italy, blessed Catherine (Caterina) Cittadini, Virgin, who, deprived of their parents from the earliest age, became a patient and competent teacher, taking care with care of an institution dedicated to the Christian poor children, and with this same purpose, founded the Institute of the Ursuline Sisters of Somasca. Roman martyrology