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Virginia Centurione was born on 2 April 1587 in Genoa and was of noble origins. She was the daughter of Giorgio Centurione (who was the Doge of Genoa from 1621 to 1623) and Lelia Spinola. [2] Despite her desire to live a cloistered life, she was forced into marriage to Gaspare Grimaldi Bracelli, who was a rich noble, on 10 December 1602. She ...
Giorgio Centurione's daughter, Virginia (1587—1651), later married to Gaspare Grimaldi Bracelli, founder of the order of the Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge in Monte Calvario, was sanctified by Pope John Paul II in 2003. Known as Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli, she started out in the building in Via Lomellini as a caregiver for poor girls ...
It was founded in 1631 [1] by Virginia Centurione Bracelli. [2] Bracelli created a community which was dedicated to Our Lady of Refuge, but this was later split into two congregations: the Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge in Mount Calvary, and the Daughters of Our Lady on Mount Calvary. [3] [4] [5]
Virginia Centurione Bracelli: 18 May 2003 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Maria De Mattias: 18 May 2003 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Ursula Ledóchowska: 18 May 2003 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Józef Sebastian Pelczar: 18 May 2003 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Daniel Comboni: 5 October 2003 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Virginia Centurione Bracelli School (abbreviated as VCBS) is a private, Roman Catholic school located in Poctoy, Odiongan, Romblon. It is part of the worldwide network of Figlie di Nostra Signora al Monte Calvario (Daughters of Our Lady on Mount Calvary). The school is a combined preparatory, elementary and high school institution.
A sculpture of Giorgio Centurione in Genoa. The sudden death of the new doge Ambrogio Doria from a stroke of the brain on 12 June 1621, meant that the council was called to elect his successor, and on 22 June the figure of Giorgio Centurione was chosen as worthy of leading the State, the fiftieth in biennial succession and the 95th in republican history.
Virginia Centurione Bracelli (1587–1651) 6 October 1985. Diego Luis de San Vitores (1627–1672) Francisco Gárate Aranguren (1857–1929) Jose Maria Rubio (1864 ...
The Palazzo Cosmo Centurione is a building located in the historical centre of Genoa, in Via Lomellini at no. 8, included on 13 July 2006 in the list of the 42 palaces inscribed in the Rolli di Genova that became World Heritage by UNESCO on that date.