Feast June 28
Saint Vincenza Gerosa
Religious founder, patron of Sisters of Charity of Lovere · Feast June 28
Biography
Vincenza Gerosa, born Caterina Gerosa, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she founded alongside Bartolomea Capitanio. Gerosa met Capitanio in 1824 and the two consecrated themselves to God in the name of educating children and tending to the poor of the Bergamo area.
Feast day
June 28
Patronage
- Sisters of Charity of Lovere
Birth date
29 October 1784
Death date
1847-06-28
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
18 May 1950
Canonized by
Pope Pius XII
Feast month
6
Wikidata qid
Q457274
Content subtype
saint_biography
Feast day of month
28