canonized_by death_date feast_day venerated_in birth_date titles death_place imagesize image name canonized_place caption beatified_by beatified_place birth_place patronage major_shrine beatified_date canonized_date article_title
pope john paul ii 9 july 1942 9 july roman conception , brazil -rrb- catholic church -lrb- little sisters of the immaculate 16 december 1865 religious and foundress ipiranga , são paulo -lrb- state -rrb- , brazil 200px santa paulina 1.jpg st. c.i.i.c. pauline of the agonizing heart of jesus , vatican city , statue catarina , brazil . of st. pauline in nova trento , santa pope john paul ii florianopolis , santa catarina , brazil , vigolo vattaro , county of tyrol , austria-hungary diabetics -lrb- unofficial -rrb- sanctuary catarina , brazil . of st. pauline , nova trento , santa 18 october 1991 may 19 , 2002 pauline of the agonizing heart of jesus

pauline of the agonizing heart of jesus

pauline of the agonizing heart of jesus , c.i.i.c. -lrb- december 16 , 1865 -- july 9 , 1942 -rrb- , was an immigrant from austria-hungary to brazil , who became the foundress of the congregation of the little sisters of the immaculate conception , religious sisters who serve the poor .
she became the first brazilian to be proclaimed a saint by the catholic church , when she was canonized on 19 may 2002 by pope john paul ii .
pauline suffered from diabetes for much of her life and is considered by some to be a patron saint of diabetics .
