Cornelia Connelly | |
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 Mother Cornelia Connelly, ca. 1877. | |
| Born | Cornelia Peacock 15 January 1809 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | 18 April 1879 (aged 70) St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England |
Cornelia Connelly, SHCJ (née Cornelia Peacock; January 15, 1809 – April 18, 1879) was an American-born educator who was the foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, a Catholic religious institute. In 1846, she founded the first of many Holy Child schools, in England.
Connelly has been proposed for sainthood in the Catholic Church. In 1992, she was proclaimed as venerable by Pope John Paul II.