Paola Elisabetta Cerioli

Paula Elisabeth Cerioli (* as Costanza Cerioli on January 16, 1816 in Soncino, Lombardy, † December 24, 1865 in Comonte in Bergamo, Italy) was a founder of the order.

Life

She came from the Piedmontese nobility Cerioli and was married at the age of 19 against her will to a 60 -year-old Count. After her husband and her three sons had died, Costanza Cerioli gave away the majority of their assets to the poor. With the rest, she founded in 1856 in Martinengo in Brescia the Order of the "Brothers of the Holy Family " ( Italian: " Pretie Fratelli della Famiglia p " ) and Bergamo, the order of the " Sisters of the Holy Family " ( Italian: " Sisters of S. Famiglia " ) for the education of orphans and children of poor farmers. Recognized in 1901 Pope Leo XIII. the religious foundations.

The two religious communities was later united to the Congregation of the Holy Family of Bergamo.

On March 19, 1950, she was beatified and in 2004 by Pope John Paul II canonized. Your party is December 23.