Feast December 28
Saint Caterina Volpicelli
Religious founder · Feast December 28
Biography
Caterina Volpicelli, ASCV was an Italian religious sister and the foundress of the Volpicelli Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, dedicated to education, who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church. She was beatified on 29 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II, and canonized on 26 April 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI.
Feast day
December 28
Birth date
1839-01-21
Death date
1894-12-28
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
26 April 2009
Canonized by
Pope Benedict XVI
Feast month
12
Wikidata qid
Q298254
Feast day of month
28