Cornelia Connelly
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Cornelia Connelly, SHCJ (née Cornelia Peacock; January 15, 1809 – April 18, 1879) was an American-born educator who was the foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, a Catholic religious institute. In 1846, she founded the first of many Holy Child schools, in England.
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Born | Cornelia Peacock (1809-01-15)15 January 1809 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Died | 18 April 1879(1879-04-18) (aged 70) St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England |
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Connelly has been proposed for sainthood in the Catholic Church. 1992, she was proclaimed as venerable by Pope John Paul II.