Gaetana Sterni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian beatified nun
Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1827
Place of Birth: Cassola, Veneto, Italy
Date of Death: 26-Nov-1889
Profession: nun
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Gaetana Sterni
- Blessed Gaetana Sterni (26 June 1827 – 26 November 1889) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Sisters of Divine Will.
- Sterni's life became marred due to the deaths of close relations including her husband and sole child which prompted her to look towards an apostolate to aid others and to ease others' sufferings.
- The order she founded was dedicated to total consecration to Jesus Christ and to an active apostolate of evangelic zeal.Her beatification cause commenced under Pope John XXIII in 1960 while she became titled as Venerable in 1991.
- Pope John Paul II presided over her beatification on 4 November 2001 at Saint Peter's Square.
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