Rosa Flesch
Maria Rosa Flesch (born Margaretha Flesch, 24 February 1826 – 25 March 1906), was a German religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. She founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels, whose first Mother Superior she was.
Flesch tended to the poor and to the ill as well as orphaned children before becoming a religious sister and also oversaw the construction of both an orphanage and a hospital. Flesch also had practical experience in nursing and worked as a home nurse and a nurse to children.
Her beatification was celebrated on 4 May 2008. Her feast is 19 June, the anniversary of her profession.
In the Martyrology
- March 25 Blessed Maria Rosa (Margherita Flesch), religious