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Rosa Flesch | |
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| Born | 24 February 1826 Schönstatt bei Vallendar, Mayen-Koblenz, German Confederation |
| Died | 25 March 1906 (aged 80) Waldbreitbach, Neuwied, German Empire |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 4 May 2008, Trier, Germany by Cardinal Joachim Meisner |
| Feast | 19 June |
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.[1]
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.
- ^ "Blessed Margaretha Flesch". Saints SQPN. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2016.