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Also known as

• Birgitta Morello
• Brigida Morello
• Brigida Morello Zancano

Memorial

• 3 September

Profile

Sixth of eleven children born to a deeply religious family. Married to Matthew Zancano of Cremona, Italy on 14 October 1633. Widowed on 11 November 1637. Spiritual student of the Jesuits in Piacenza, Italy. Foundress of the Institute of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate.

Born

• 17 June 1610 in San Michele di Pagana di Rapallo, Genoa, Italy as Brigada Morello

Died

• 3 September 1679 in Piacenza, Italy of natural causes

Venerated

• 29 April 1980 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 15 March 1998 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy

Patronage

• Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Brigida of Jesus“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 June 2021. Web. 3 December 2021. <>