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Rosa Flesch
German Roman Catholic religious
Maria Rosa Flesch (born Margaretha Flesch, 24 February 1826 – 25 March 1906), was a German religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. She founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels, whose first Mother Superior she was.[1]
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Flesch tended to the poor and to the ill as well as orphaned children before becoming a religious sister and also oversaw the construction of both an orphanage and a hospital. Flesch also had practical experience in nursing and worked as a home nurse and a nurse to children.
Her beatification was celebrated on 4 May 2008. Her feast is 19 June, the anniversary of her profession.