Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
Paola Elisabetta Cerioli (28 January 1816 – 24 December 1865), born Costanza Cerioli, was an Italian Roman Catholic widow and the founder of both the Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family and the congregation of the Family of Bergamo.
Pope Pius XII beatified her on 19 March 1950 while Pope John Paul II canonized her in 2004.
Patron saint of Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family; Family of Bergamo
In the Martyrology
- December 24 Saint Paola Elisabetta Cerioli Buzecchi-Tasis, widow, founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Bergamo