Irmã Dulce
Brazilian nun
Irmã Dulce, also known as Saint Dulce of the Poor was a Brazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister who was the founder of the Obras Sociais Irmã Dulce.
In 1949, she started caring for the poorest of the poor in her convent's chicken yard in Salvador,... Wikipedia
Born: May 26, 1914, Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil
Died: March 13, 1992 (age 77 years), Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil
Full name: Maria Rita de Sousa Brito Lopes Pontes
Parents: Dulce Maria de Souza and Augusto Lopes Pontes
Canonized: 13 October 2019, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis
Feast: 13 August