Geltrude Comensoli
Geltrude Caterina Comensoli (January 18, 1847 – February 18, 1903), also known as Mother Geltrude, is the Patroness of Youth, Val Camonica and Relic Custodians.
Her first attempt at religious life was curtailed by illness, and she took up work as a domestic. In 1882, with the encouragement of the Bishop of Bergamo, she founded the Institute of the Sacramentine Sisters.
Patron saint of Val Camonica; Youths
In the Martyrology
- February 18 Saint Geltrude Comensoli, virgin, founder of the Sisters of the Most Holy Sacrament