Anna Maria Adorni was born on June 19, 1805, in Fivizzano, Massa, Tuscany in what is considered central Italy today, to Matteo Adorni and Antonia Zanetti. When she was only …
Giuseppe Antonio Tovini was born on March 14, 1841, in Cividate Camuno, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, first of seven children of Mosè (Moses) Tovini and Rosa Malaguzzi. After finishing six years …
Gaspar Melchoir Balthazar de Bufalo was born on the feast of the Epiphany, January 6, 1786, in Rome, Papal States. His name reflects the traditional legendary names given to the …
María Emilia Joaquna Rosario Josefa Nieves de la Santísima Trinidad Riquelme y Zayas was born in Granada, Spain on August 5, 1847, firstborn child of Joaquín Riquelme y Gómez and …
Ugo di Censi was born on January 26, 1924, in Polaggia, Berbenno, Italy, second of six children. As a child, he and his brother Ferruccio attended a Salesian school in …
Fiorina Cecchin was born in Cittadella, Padua, Veneto in the northern part of Italy on April 3, 1877. She was the fifth of eight children of Francesco Cecchin and Antonia …
Clelia Merloni was born on March 10, 1861, in Forli, Kingdom of Italy to Gioacchino Merloni and Teresa Brandinelli. Clelia’s mother died in 1864, and her maternal grandmother took over …
Giuseppe (Joseph) Cafasso was born on January 15, 1811, in Castelnuovo d’Asti, Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia. He was the third of four children in his peasant family. He was born …
Gertrude Lemmens was born on July14, 1914 in Venray, Netherlands into a Catholic family. When she was a young woman, she got engaged to a university professor. One day, however, …
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