Vincenza Gerosa
Vincenza Gerosa (29 October 1784 – 29 June 1847), born Caterina Gerosa, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she founded alongside Bartolomea Capitanio. Gerosa met Capitanio in 1824 and the two consecrated themselves to God in the name of educating children and tending to the poor of the Bergamo area.
Gerosa's canonization cause started under Pope Pius X on 4 December 1906 and Pope Pius XI later named her as Venerable in 1927. Gerosa was beatified under Pius XI in 1926 – alongside Capitanio – and Pope Pius XII later canonized the pair as saints in 1950.
Patron saint of Sisters of Charity of Lovere
In the Martyrology
- June 28 Saint Vincenza Gerosa, virgin, founder of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere