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Saint Maria Giuseppa Rossello (27 May 1811 – 7 December 1880), born Benedetta Rossello, was an Italian nun of the Roman Catholic Church and the founder of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy. She assumed the name of "Maria Giuseppa" upon becoming a nun. She was beatified in 1938 and was made a saint in 1949. ==Life== Benedetta Rossello was born in Albissola Marina in 1811 as the fourth of ten children to Bartolomeo Rossello and Maria Dedone. As a child she assisted her parents with their work and took care of her siblings. Rossello was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary and followed her religious vocation. This led her to becoming a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis at the age of sixteen. Benedetta would become the sole person of support for her household after the death of her mother and second brother as well as her sister Josephine and her father after this. In 1837 she responded to Monsignor Agostino De Mari and his appeal for volunteers in education and she worked with the poor and uneducated. De Mari granted a small house to Rossello and her coworkers and it resulted in - on 10 August 1837 - the foundation of the Conservatory of the Sisters of Mercy and Saint John the Baptist. She had the task of Mistress of Novices and was also the treasurer of the order. On 22 October 1837 she formally became a nun and was given the name of "Maria Giuseppa", while the order was officially titled the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy, with the aim of bringing the mercy of God into the world. The institute worked with the poor and the sick, lending their services in parishes, hospitals and schools. Rossello was later made Superior General of the order in 1840, holding it for forty years. On 14 December 1840, their benefactor and collaborator De Mari died, already having prepared a draft of the rule of the institute. Plagued with hear complications due to the strenuous work she undertook, she died at the age of 69 on 7 December 1880. Buried in the local cemetery in Savona, she was reinterred into the mother house in 1887. Official approval for the order was given by Pope Pius X in a decree on 12 January 1904. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria Giuseppa Rossello」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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