Angela Merici

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Angela Merici was a 16th-century Italian religious leader and educator who founded the Ursuline order, dedicated primarily to the education of girls and the care of the needy.

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Label Occurrences
Angela Merici canonical 2
Saint Angela Merici 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint
Italian person
educator
founder of religious order
human
beatifiedBy Pope Clement XIII
burialPlace Church of Saint Afra, Brescia
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope Pius VII
centuryOfActivity 16th century
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Venice
dateOfBeatification 1768-04-30
dateOfBirth 1474-03-21
dateOfCanonization 1807-05-24
dateOfDeath 1540-01-27
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName Merici
feastDay January 27
founded Company of Saint Ursula
Ursulines
givenName Angela
hasRole foundress of the Ursulines
inspired expansion of female education in the Catholic world
knownFor care of the poor
founding the first teaching order of women in the Catholic Church
promoting education of girls
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
movement Catholic Church
notableWork Rule of the Company of Saint Ursula
foundation of the Ursuline order
occupation founder of a religious order
religious leader
teacher
patronage disabled people
loss of parents
sick
placeOfBirth Desenzano del Garda
Lake Garda region
Republic of Venice
placeOfDeath Brescia
Republic of Venice
primaryTopicOf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merici
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Brescia
Desenzano del Garda
sexOrGender female
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Ursula UrsulinesFoundedBy Angela Merici
Order of Saint Ursula foundedBy Angela Merici
Diocese of Brescia hasPatronSaint Saint Angela Merici
linked to: Angela Merici