Pascalina Lehnert
Pascalina Lehnert | |
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Madre Pascalina in 1983 at age 88 | |
| Born | Josefina Lehnert 25 August 1894 |
| Died | 13 November 1983 (aged 89) |
| Occupation(s) | Religious sister Papal secretary and organizer Papal charity office manager |
Pascalina Lehnert (25 August 1894 – 13 November 1983), born Josefina Lehnert, was a German religious sister who served as Pope Pius XII's housekeeper, confidant, and secretary from his period as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria in 1917 until his death as pope in 1958. She managed the papal charity office for Pius XII from 1944 until the pontiff's death in 1958. She was a Sister of the Holy Cross Menzingen.