Ursulines
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The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula, is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula. The Ursulines t
Saint Ursula, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli (c. 1455–1460)
The tombstone of the Ursuline Sisters in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle, New York)
Ursuline Convent, Dallas, Texas, postcard, circa 1901–1907
Ursuline Convent, Toledo, Ohio
Angela Merici
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Angela Merici was an Italian Catholic religious educator who founded the Company of St. Ursula in 1535 in Brescia, in which women dedicated their lives to the service of the church through the educati
Ursulines
…that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula. The Ursulines trace their origins to the Angeline foundress Angela Merici and likewise place themselves under the patronage of Saint Ursula. While the Ursulines took up a monastic way of life under the Rule of Saint Augustine…
St. Angela Merici Teaching by Pietro Calzavacca (mid-19th century)
St. Angela Merici (17th century)
The incorrupt body of Saint Angela Merici in Brescia, Italy