The Sisters of the Precious Blood (,

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: sometimes referred to as ''Congregation sisters of the Most Precious Blood'') is a female religious teaching and social congregation of

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founded in

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in 1874 and still headquartered there as of 2021. It is dedicated to teaching, charity and social works present in

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and

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. In 2017, the

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had 385 sisters in 55 communities.

History

In 1852, a community of young women under the leadership of (1812–1882) began to work with the Canossian Daughters of Charity in

with the aim of creating a

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. When it became clear that the community could not continue to work within the Canossian congregation because their rules didn't allow these sisters to have nuns from another class, in 1874 the group formed an autonomous religious congregation and Father Juste Pantalini, a

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, wrote new religious constitutions for them. The institute was recognized by diocesan right on May 17, 1876 by the

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and received the approval of the Pope on July 10, 1934. In 1938, they opened up to the work of evangelization by helping the barnabites in missions in

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. The foundress was recognized as

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on April 28, 2006 and a sister of the Institute, Alfonsa Clerici, was

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on October 23, 2011.

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* {{Authority control Religious identity Religious organizations established in 1874 Catholic religious institutes established in the 19th century Catholic teaching orders Catholic female orders and societies

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