St. Angela Merici Teaching by Pietro Calzavacca (mid-19th century)
Virgin and foundress
Born
21 March 1474 Desenzano del Garda, Province of Brescia, Republic of Venice
Died
27 January 1540(1540-01-27) (aged 65) Brescia, Republic of Venice
Beatified
30 April 1768, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Clement XIII
Canonized
24 May 1807, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Pius VII
Major shrine
Sanctuary of St. Angela Merici, Brescia, Italy
Feast
27 January; 31 May (1861–1955); 1 June (1955–1969)
Attributes
Cloak, ladder
Patronage
Sickness, handicapped people, loss of parents, courage, strength, and determination
Angela Merici (/məˈriːtʃi/mə-REE-chee, Italian:[ˈandʒela(de)meˈriːtʃi]; 21 March 1474 – 27 January 1540) was an Italian Catholic religious educator who founded the Company of St. Ursula in 1535 in Brescia, in which women dedicated their lives to the service of the church through the education of girls.
From this organisation later sprang the Order of Saint Ursula, whose nuns established places of prayer and learning throughout Europe and, later, worldwide, most notably in North America.
After her death, Merici was venerated by Catholics around the world and a cause for sainthood was opened. She was canonized by Pope Pius VII in 1807.
AngelaMerici (/məˈriːtʃi/ mə-REE-chee, Italian: [ˈandʒela (de) meˈriːtʃi]; 21 March 1474 – 27 January 1540) was an Italian Catholic religious educator...
Ursula. The Ursulines trace their origins to the Angeline foundress AngelaMerici and likewise place themselves under the patronage of Saint Ursula. While...
The Diocese of Orange (Latin: Dioecesis Arausicanae in California; Spanish: Diócesis de Orange; Vietnamese: Giáo phận Quận Cam) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical...
Institute of Saint AngelaMerici, is a secular institute of consecrated women in the Catholic Church founded in 1535 by AngelaMerici (ca. 1474-1540) in...
depicting: Saint AngelaMerici at evening prayer with family; Saint AngelaMerici praying before the Assumption of Mary; Saint AngelaMerici's vision of ten...
(b. 1435) 1504 – Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo (b. 1438) 1540 – AngelaMerici, Italian educator and saint, founded the Company of St. Ursula (b. 1474)...
rejected by Pope Pius V in 1566 and 1568. Early efforts by women such as AngelaMerici, founder of the Ursulines (1535), and Jane Frances de Chantal, founder...
Elizabeth Blount, mistress of Henry VIII of England (b. 1502) January 27 – AngelaMerici, Italian religious leader and saint (b. 1474) March 30 – Matthäus Lang...
Bearden Middle School (Knoxville, Tennessee) Western Branch Middle School (Chesapeake, Virginia) St. AngelaMerici School (K-8) (Fairview Park, Ohio)...
born in the town. The Cathedral of St Mary Magdalene The House of St AngelaMerici The Tower of St Martin (Torre di San Martino) An archaeological museum...
looked on as their leader". The Order of Ursulines, founded in 1535 by AngelaMerici, and devoted to the education of young girls, has also helped to spread...
spirituality, notably Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Ávila, John of Ávila, and AngelaMerici. However, Erasmus attracted enemies in contemporary theologians in Paris...
Gymnasium Trier, Max Planck Gymnasium, Auguste Viktoria Gymnasium, AngelaMerici Gymnasium, Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium and the Nelson-Mandela Realschule...
Mattia de Nazarei on 27 July 1765, Sebastian Maggi on 15 April 1760 and AngelaMerici on 30 April 1768. He formally beatified Beatrix of Este the Elder on...
congregations in his lifetime being the Pious Union of Sisters Devoted to Saint AngelaMerici and the Ursuline Sisters of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate. Agostini...
and Saint AngelaMerici" (Regola delle Nuove Orsoline, Figlie di Santa Maria Immacolata, sotto la protezione di Sant'Orsola e Sant'Angela Merici), which...
Toluca Valley. January 7 – Thihathura II of Ava (d. 1501) March 21 – AngelaMerici, Italian religious leader and saint (d. 1540) May 5 Juan Diego, Roman...
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