Blessed Irene Stefani
Also known as: Aurelia Mercede Stefani; Sister Nyaatha (translates “Mother of Mercy”)
Feast Day
31-Oct
Born
22 August 1891 in Anfo, Brescia, Italy as Aurelia Mercede Stefani
Died
31 October 1930 in Gikondi, Mukurweini, Nyeri, Kenya of bubonic plague caught while working with the sick
Beatified
23 May 2015 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated at Nyeri, Kenya with Cardinal John Njue and Cardinal Polycarp Pengo the chief celebrants; her beatification miracle involved keeping a holy water font full in a parish church in Nipepe, Diocese of Lichinga, Niassa, Mozambique in 1989; the font was the only water source for a group of refugee catechists who were hiding from warring “liberation” armies
Venerated
2 April 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Irene Stefani, also known as Aurelia Mercede Stefani and Sister Nyaatha (which translates to "Mother of Mercy"), was a remarkable Consolata Missionary Sisters nun who dedicated her life to serving others. Born on 22 August 1891 in Anfo, Brescia, Italy, she felt a deep calling to serve God and devoted herself to a life of missionary work.
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