Irene Stefani
20th-century Italian Catholic religious sister / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Irene Stefani (22 August 1891 – 31 October 1930), born Aurelia Mercede Stefani, was a Roman Catholic Italian religious sister of the Consolata Missionary Sisters. She assumed the religious name Irene upon her investiture and was sent to the mission in Kenya.
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Born | Aurelia Mercede Stefani (1891-08-22)22 August 1891 Anfo, Brescia, Kingdom of Italy |
Died | 31 October 1930(1930-10-31) (aged 39) Gikondi, Mukurweini, Nyeri, British Kenya |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 30 May 2015, Nyeri, Kenya by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo |
Feast | 31 October |
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She was cleared for beatification in 2014 after a miracle found to have been attributed to her intercession was ratified, and she was beatified on 23 May 2019 in Nyeri by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo on behalf of Pope Francis.[1]