Celestina Bottego
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Celestina Bottego (20 December 1895 – 20 August 1980) was an Italian
Life
Celestina Bottego was born in Glendale, Ohio on 20 December 1895 as the second of three children of Giambattista Bottego and Mary Healy. They had each immigrated separately to the United States and first met in California. Celestina was the niece of the Parmesan explorer Vittorio Bottego. She spent most of her early life in Butte, Montana, until the age of 15. The death of her uncle in 1897 during an expedition to Africa caused the Bottegos to return to Parma to care for her grandparents. Her father took Maria and Vittorio with him, and Celestina accompanied her mother in 1910.[1]
Bottego continued her studies in Pisa and qualified as an English teacher. She taught at schools for over two decades in Parma. In 1922 she chose to become a Benedictine Oblate.[2] Bottego help found the diocesan chapter of Catholic Action to devote her time to charitable activities.[2] In 1924, her sister Maria became a Franciscan missionary sister and left for India.[1]
In 1935 she became an English teacher at the Institute of the Xaverian Missionaries.[2] It was at this time she made a month-long visit to India where she served with her sister Maria caring for the sick.[1] Father James Spagnolo of the Xaverian Institute suggested establishing a women's branch of the Xaverian Missionaries. Although initially, she declined, [3] about a year later, in mid-1945, she established this branch with Spagnolo.[4] In 1966, she resigned as General Superior, leaving to others the direction of the Congregation.[5]
Bottego died on 20 August 1980 in Parma.[6][7]
Beatification process
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References
- ^ a b c "Hudock, Barry. "Who is Celestine Bottego?", OSV Newsweekly, August 5, 2015". Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Venerable Celestina Bottego," Nominis
- ^ Kosloski, Philip. "A gentlewoman from Ohio draws closer to beatification," Aleteia, March 26, 2017
- ^ "Origin", Xaverian Sisters
- ^ "Venerable Mother Celestina Bottego", Xaverian Sisters
- ^ "A saint from Montana". 24 January 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Venerable Celestina Bottego". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Celestina Bottego". New Saints. Hagiography Circle. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Connor, Tanya. "Xaverian Sisters start U.S. ministry here 60 years ago", Catholic Free Press, June 5, 2014". Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
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