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Liduina Meneguzzi

Liduina Meneguzzi

Blessed
December 1 · 1901–1941

Liduina Meneguzzi (1901, Abano Terme — 1941, Dire Dawa) — Blessed. Feast day: 1 December.

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Liduina Meneguzzi was an Italian religious sister belonging to the Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales. Born in 1901 in Abano Terme, near Padua, she later dedicated her life to nursing. She eventually traveled to Ethiopia, where she served at the Parini Civil Hospital. Known locally by the name Sister Gudda, she gained the nickname the Ecumenical Flame for her dedicated service. She died of cancer in Dire Dawa in 1941, during the Second World War, while caring for the wounded.

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