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Saint — Rose Venerini

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St. Rose Venerini
February 9, 1656 AD, Viterbo, Papal States — May 7, 1728 AD, Rome, Papal States
Italian foundress; free-school movement for girls (Maestre Pie Venerini)
Church of San Marco, Rome, Italy — mother-house of the Maestre Pie Venerini, Italy
Feast
May 7
Canonized
Canonized October 15, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI
Life

Rose (Italian Rosa) Venerini was born on February 9, 1656 at Viterbo. In 1685, at the age of 29, Rose founded the Maestre Pie Venerini — the free public school for girls at Viterbo, institutionally the first free public girls' school in Italy.

Rose undertook the systematic expansion of the Maestre Pie Venerini across the Papal States. By her death in 1728, over 40 Maestre Pie Venerini schools were operating.

She died at Rome on May 7, 1728 at the age of 72. Canonized October 15, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The first free public girls' schools in Italy

    St. Rose Venerini's 1685 foundation of the Maestre Pie Venerini free public school for girls at Viterbo — the first free public girls' school in Italy — established the Italian Catholic free-school movement for girls. The Venerini tradition underpinned the Italian Catholic girls' education tradition.

Relics
  • Body
    Relics of St. Rose Venerini
    Church of San Marco, Rome, Italy

    Her relics rest at the Church of San Marco in Rome — the mother-house of the Maestre Pie Venerini.

Iconography
  • Rose Venerini teaching the girls of Viterbo

    The late-17th-century Italian foundress teaching the girls of Viterbo at the first free public girls' school in Italy — the iconography of Catholic Italian girls' education tradition.

Patronages
Congregation of Rose Venerini Sisters (Maestre Pie Venerini)Catholic Italian girls' education traditionViterbo and Lazio Catholic tradition
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