Divine providence
Her former husband and five companions joined her in moving to Ronco Scrivia in the Genoa region on 16 July 1838. The group opened a school for girls there and that was a refinement on what had been done in Pavia. Benedetta founded the Benedictine Sisters of Providence on 28 October 1838; it received diocesan approval in 1858, the papal decree of praise on 24 June 1917 from Pope Benedict XV and papal approval from Pope Pius XI on 2 March 1937. In her rule she stressed the education of girls and instilled the spirit of unlimited confidence and abandonment to Divine providence and to the love of God through chief Benedictine principles. The order grew at a rapid pace since it performed a much-needed service. Benedetta was able to guide the development of the order until her death. On 21 March 1858 she died in Ronco Scrivia. In 1944 Allied bombings devastated the region and her remains were lost in the destruction. Her order is now present in places such as Spain and Burundi and in 2005 there were 113 religious in 22 houses.