St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Biography

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini biography

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NAME: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
OCCUPATION: Nun, Saint
BIRTH DATE: July 15, 1850
DEATH DATE: December 22, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH: Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy
PLACE OF DEATH: Chicago, Illinois
AKA: Mother Cabrini

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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and helped Italian-American immigrants. She was canonized in 1946.

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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was born on 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.