St. Clelia Barbieri
Source: Catholicsaints.info
Also known as
• Cloelia Barbieri
Memorial
• 13 July
Profile
From her earliest life, Clelia paid no attention to this world, focused solely on the spiritual life. Founded the Congregation of Minims of the Sorrowful Mother who concentrate on ministering in hospitals and elementary schools to the sick, the aged, the lonely, and a prayer ministry for the poor. Since her death, her voice has been heard in the houses of her order, accompanying her sisters in song.
Born
• 13 February 1847 at Bundrie di San Giovanni, Persiceto, Italy
Died
• 13 July 1870 at Bologna, Italy of tuberculosis
Beatified
• 2 October 1968 by Pope Paul VI
Canonized
• 9 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II
Patronage
• people ridiculed for their piety