Elizabeth Hesselblad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish nurse and religious foundress
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Place of Birth: Fåglavik, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
About Elizabeth Hesselblad
- Saint Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad (4 June 1870 – 24 April 1957), was a Swedish nurse who was a convert to the Catholic Church and founded a new form of life of the Bridgettines known as the Bridgettine Sisters.
- She was a professed member of the Bridgettine order. Pope John Paul II beatified her on 9 April 2000 and Pope Francis approved her canonization in late 2015; the canonization date was determined on 15 March 2016 and was celebrated on 5 June 2016 in Saint Peter's Square.
- Hesselblad is also recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations due to her efforts in World War II saving the lives of Jews during the genocide of the Holocaust.
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