Bartolomea Capitanio was an Italian nun and educator born in 1807. Alongside her companion Vincenza Gerosa, she established the Sisters of Charity of Lovere to serve the community. Her work focused primarily on providing education to children and medical assistance to the impoverished. Throughout her brief life, she worked as a teacher and dedicated herself to charitable missions, eventually forming a religious order to formalize these efforts of teaching and nursing the sick.