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Plan to Exhume Body of US-Born Nun Buried in England Withdrawn After Outcry
Venerable Connelly, who was born in Philadelphia in 1809, died in 1879 in the English town of St. Leonards-on-Sea, where she founded a school.
Venerable Connelly, who was born in Philadelphia in 1809, died in 1879 in the English town of St. Leonards-on-Sea, where she founded a school.
Venerable Cornelia Connelly shows us that no sacrifice made for the love of God goes unrewarded.
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