Pauline Mallinckrodt
Pauline Von Mallinckrodt S.C.C. Foundress of the Sisters of Christian Charity | |
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| Religious | |
| Born | 3 June 1817 Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, German Confederation |
| Died | 30 April 1881 (aged 63) Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, German Empire |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 14 April 1985, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 30 April |
| Attributes | Religious habit |
| Patronage | Sisters of Christian Charity |
Pauline von Mallinckrodt, SCC (3 June 1817 - 30 April 1881) was a German noblewoman, Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Sisters of Christian Charity. Born into an aristocratic Mallinckrodt family as the daughter of a Lutheran father and Catholic mother, from her adolescence she began to tend to the blind and sick. This venture expanded into what became a religious congregation which spread at a rapid pace; she herself traveled to a range of places to oversee its growth and development.
She later was beatified on 14 April 1985.