July 9th

Saint Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus

Saint · Common of Founders · São Paulo, Brazil · d. 1942

At São Paulo in Brazil, Saint Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (Amabile) Visintainer, virgin, who, having emigrated from Italy as a girl, founded the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception for the service of the sick and the poor, which, after many hardships, she served in the greatest humility and constant prayer.

Latin Original

Paulópoli in Brasilia, sanctae Pauline a Corde Iesu Agonizánte (Amábilis) Visintainer, virginis, quae, puélla ex Itália migráta, Congregatiónem Parvárum Sorórum Immaculátaz: Conceptiónis 1n servítium zegrotórum et páuperum fundávit, cui, multas post eerümnas, in máxima humilitáte et assídua oratióne servívit.