Frances Xavier Cabrini 🥀 Birthday

Frances Xavier Cabrini

Date of birth:  July 15, 1850

In 1880, near Lodi, Italy, she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which did charity work for the poor.
 
In 1889, Pope Leo XIII sent her to the United States, where she offered assistance to Italian-American immigrants. 

She died on December 22, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois
and was declared a saint by Pope Pius XII in 1946.

Best Known For:

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini founded the 

Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

and helped Italian-American immigrants. 

She was canonized in 1946.

     

NAME:     St. Frances Xavier Cabrini 

PLACE OF BIRTH:  Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy 

BIRTH DATE:          July 15, 1850

DEATH DATE:           December 22, 1917
PLACE OF DEATH:   Chicago, Illinois

AKA:   Mother Cabrini 
OCCUPATION:  Nun, Saint