Benedict Menni, OH, born Angelo Ercole Menni Figini, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. Menni was a professed member of the Order of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God and he went on to establish a religious congregation of women known as the Sisters Hospitaller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, whose ministry was based upon that of his own order.

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• Sisters Hospitaller of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

• People with mental health issues

• The sick

• Volunteers

1841-03-11

1914-04-24

Canonized

21 November 1999

Pope John Paul II

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