Karolina Gerhardinger
Karolina Gerhardinger (20 June 1797 – 9 May 1879) was a German Roman Catholic religious sister who founded the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Gerhardinger served as an educator in Bavaria until the establishment of her order, which provided free education to the poor and soon expanded in Europe.
The canonization process for Gerhardinger was opened in 1952 under Pope Pius XII, when she was declared a Servant of God. Pope John Paul II declared her Venerable in 1983 and beatified her on 17 November 1985.
Patron saint of Educators
In the Martyrology
- May 9 Blessed Maria Theresia von Jesus Gerhardinger, virgin, founder of the Poor Sisters of Our Lord the Teacher