Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus C.I.I.C. | |
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 Portrait of Saint Pauline | |
| Religious and foundress | |
| Born | Amabile Lucia Visintainer December 16, 1865 Vigolo Vattaro, County of Tyrol, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | July 9, 1942 (aged 76) Ipiranga, São Paulo (state), Brazil |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Brazil) |
| Beatified | October 18, 1991, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | May 19, 2002, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Sanctuary of St. Pauline, Nova Trento, Santa Catarina, Brazil. |
| Feast | July 9 |
Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, C.I.I.C. (born Amabile Lucia Visintainer; December 16, 1865 – July 9, 1942), was a Catholic immigrant from Austria-Hungary to Brazil who became the foundress of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, religious sisters who serve the poor.
She was the first Brazilian to be proclaimed a saint by the Catholic Church when she was canonized on May 19, 2002, by Pope John Paul II. Pauline suffered from diabetes for much of her life and is considered an "unofficial" patron saint of diabetics.[1]