Joaquina Vedruna
Spanish religious sister
Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas, CCV (or Joaquina, and Joaquina of Saint Francis of Assisi in religion; 16 April 1783 – 28 August 1854) was a Spanish Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Joaquina Vedruna (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Apr 16, 1783, died Aug 28, 1854.1
About
First she married a nobleman despite her desire to become a nun though she and her husband both desired the religious life; the couple bore nine children but she and her children fled after Napoleon invaded the nation to which her husband remained to fight as a volunteer and later died leaving her widowed but free to pursue her religious inclinations. Her canonisation was celebrated on 12 April 1959.
From Wikipedia’s article on Joaquina Vedruna, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Career
Occupation: religious sister.4
- Date not recordedFounded Carmelite Sisters of Charity3
Personal life
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- 1WikidataJoaquina Vedruna on Wikidata
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- 9Wikidata学校法人愛徳学園, Founder