Saint Paulina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saint Paulina
Mother Paulina
Abbess
Born	December 16, 1865 in Vigolo Vattaro, Italy
Died	July 9, 1942 in Ipiranga, São Paulo, Brazil
Beatified	October 18, 1991, Florianopolis, Saint Catherine, Brazil by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	May 19, 2002, Rome, Italy by Pope John Paul II
Feast	July 9
Saints Portal

Saint Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, born Amabile Lucia Visintainer (Vigolo Vattaro, December 16, 1865 — São Paulo, July 9, 1942) was a religious Italian-Brazilian officially proclaimed saint on May 19, 2002, by Pope John Paul II.

1 Early life
2 Religious life
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Early life

In September 1875 her poor family, emigrated from Italy to the state of Saint Catherine in Brazil. There the Italian emigres founded the village of Vigolo (modern Nova Trento).

[edit] Religious life

Amabile and her friend Virginia Rosa Nicolodi were caring for a woman suffering from cancer. From their work began the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. She, along with Nicolodi and Teresa Anna Maule took their religious vows in December 1890. Amabile took the name Sister Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus.

The congregation grew quickly, and in 1903 Pauline was elected Superior General. The congregation with orphans, the children of slaves, and aged slaves who had been left to die because they could no longer work.

She suffered from diabetes, which is what eventually killed her.