Back ماريا بيرتيلا بوسكاردين ARZ Maria Bertila Boscardin Catalan Maria Bertilla Boscardin German María Bertila Boscardin Spanish Maria Bertilla Boscardin French Maria Bertilla Boscardin Croatian Մարիա Բերտիլա Բոսկարդին Armenian Maria Bertilla Boscardin Italian Maria Bertilla Boscardin Polish Maria Bertilla Boscardin Portuguese
Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin | |
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| Born | 6 October 1888 Brendola, Veneto, Italy |
| Died | 20 October 1922 (aged 34) Treviso, Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | June 8, 1952 by Pope Pius XII |
| Canonized | May 11, 1961 by Pope John XXIII |
| Major shrine | Vicenza, Veneto, Italy |
| Feast | October 20 |
Maria Bertilla Boscardin (6 October 1888 – 20 October 1922) was an Italian nun and nurse who displayed a pronounced devotion to duty in working with sick children and victims of the air raids of World War I. She was later canonised a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.