Nano Nagle

Venerable

Nano Nagle

PBVM
Portrait of Nano Nagle attributed to James Barry
Virgin
BornHonora Nagle
c. 1718
Ballygriffin, County Cork, Ireland
Died26 April 1784 (age 65)
Cork, Ireland

Honora "Nano" Nagle (c. 1718 – 26 April 1784) was an Irish Catholic religious sister who served as a pioneer of Catholic education in Ireland despite legal prohibitions. She founded the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commonly known as the Presentation Sisters, now a worldwide Catholic institute of women religious. She was declared venerable in the Catholic Church on 31 October 2013 by Pope Francis.

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