Canossians
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The Canossians are a family of two Catholic religious institutes and three affiliated lay associations that trace their origin to Magdalen of Canossa, a religious sister canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988.
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- Canossian family
- Canossian Daughters of Charity, Servants of the Poor (FDCC)
- Canossian Sons of Charity (FdCC)
- Affiliates
- Schools
- Hong Kong
- Australia
- India
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Philippines
- Hospitals
- Saints
- Members proposed for sainthood
- Members
- References
- External links
The Canossians are a family of two Catholic religious institutes and three affiliated lay associations that trace their origin to Magdalen of Canossa, a religious sister canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988.
==Canossian family== ===Canossian Daughters of Charity, Servants of the Poor (FDCC)=== The Canossian Daughters of Charity (Canossian Sisters), is a Catholic religious institute founded by Magdalen of Canossa in Verona, Italy, in 1808. On February 27, 1860, six Canossian Sisters from Venice and Padua began their journey to Hong Kong arriving there on April 12, 1860. From there the sisters went to Macau and then to Southeast Asia.
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