About Fernanda Riva
Lived 1920 – 1956 (aged 35). Fernanda Riva was a nun.
Fernanda Riva (17 April 1920 – 22 January 1956), was a Roman Catholic Nun of Canossian Daughter of Charity congregation.
Early life Fernanda Riva was born on 17 April 1920 in Monza, Italy. She joined the Canossian Missionary Novitiate in Vimercate, Milan, on 19 March 1939. She continued her First Formation at St. Joseph's Convent, Belgaum, and pronounced her First Vows, on 24 December 1941. She completed her B.A., B. Ed at the Colleges in Belgaum from 1943 to 1947, and came to Mumbai for her master's degree in Education.
Her bones are placed at st. Joseph's Canossian Copnvent, Allepey in Kerala, India.
Such was the sanctity of her life that Micheal Arattukulam, the then Bishop of Alleppey, asked that her Cause for Canonisation be introduced. On 13 August 1994, under the direction of Simon Cardinal Pimenta, the Cause was introduced, at St. Michael's Church Mahim.
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Who was Fernanda Riva?
Roman Catholic nun
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Fernanda Riva was born on 17 April 1920 in Monza.
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Fernanda Riva died on 22 January 1956 in Mumbai.
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Fernanda Riva was a nun.
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