Bartolomea Capitanio
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Bartolomea Capitanio born in Lovere
, Italy
was, with Vincenza Gerosa
, one of the foundresses of the Catholic
religious order
the Sisters of Charity of Lovere.
Bartolomea was seventeen when she first become acquainted with Vincenza, a fellow native of Lovere. They created their order to teach the young and nurse the sick, following the principles of Saint Vincent de Paul
. Saint Bartolomea died in 1833, at the age of twenty-six.
Lovere
Lovere is a town and comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy, at the north-west end of Lake Iseo.The houses in the city have overhanging wooden roofs, typical of Switzerland, united with the heavy stone arcades of Italy; it faces a lake and has a semicircle of mountains behind...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
was, with Vincenza Gerosa
Vincenza Gerosa
Vincentia Gerosa was an Italian saint who, together with Bartolomea Capitanio, founded the Sisters of Charity of Lovere.She was a native of Lovere, Lombardy. She met Bartolomea when she was 40 years old. Together, they founded the order because of their concern over the ignorance and neglect of...
, one of the foundresses of the Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
religious order
Religious order
A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice. The order is composed of initiates and, in some...
the Sisters of Charity of Lovere.
Bartolomea was seventeen when she first become acquainted with Vincenza, a fellow native of Lovere. They created their order to teach the young and nurse the sick, following the principles of Saint Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul was a priest of the Catholic Church who became dedicated to serving the poor. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He was canonized in 1737....
. Saint Bartolomea died in 1833, at the age of twenty-six.