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Sanctuary of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart

  • Visit: about 20 min
Sanctuary of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart
Photo: Peppe Guida · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

Materdei sanctuary linked to Saint Caterina Volpicelli, who founded the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart in 1867.

On largo Caterina Volpicelli, in Materdei, stands the sanctuary of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, an institute founded in Naples in 1867 by Saint Caterina Volpicelli.The first handmaids helped poor churches and the sick; still today the consecrated women, without religious habit, devote themselves to the needs of the times, also in Brazil and Panama. The sanctuary, where the saint rests, is among the most visited in the area.

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