Saint Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad - April 24
Epoch Times Sverige on Mar 7, 2016 Saint Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad, who refounded the Bridgettines and worked to restore the order in Italy and Sweden, saved the lives of over 60 people by hiding them at the motherhouse in Rome.
Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to her intercession earlier this week, paving the way for her to be proclaimed a saint.
The Swede, a convert from Lutheranism, was mother superior at the motherhouse in Piazza Farnese during the Second World War.
The hiding of dozens of people at the motherhouse was recounted by an Italian Jew, Piero Piperno, as part of his testimony on behalf of another Bridgettine, Brighton-born Mother Mary Richard Beauchamp Hambrough, whose Cause was opened five years ago.
Mr Piperno told the Times newspaper: “We were three families, 13 in all. We stayed in three rooms, all the men in one, except an uncle who slept in a dark, small room with no windows, and another two for the women. In the …More