Maria Domenica Mantovani

Blessed
Maria Domenica Mantovani
Religious
Born (1862-11-12)12 November 1862
Castelletto di Brenzone, Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
Died 2 February 1934(1934-02-02) (aged 71)
Verona, Kingdom of Italy
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 27 April 2003, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast 2 February
Attributes Religious habit
Patronage Little Sisters of the Holy Family

Blessed Maria Domenica Mantovani (12 November 1862 - 2 February 1934) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun and the co-founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family. As a nun she received the religious name of "Maria Giuseppina of the Immaculata".

She was beatified on 27 April 2003.

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