Mother Mary Magdalen Bentivoglio:
Countess Annetta Bentivoglio was born of a noble family in Rome, July 29,1834. In 1864 her sister,Constance, entered the Poor Clares of San Lorenzo in Rome and Annetta followed her and was given the name of Mother Mary Magdalen.
In 1875, in obedience to Pope Pius IX, Mother Mary Magdalen and her sister Constance came to America to establish the Poor Clares of the Primitive Rule of St. Clare.
Mother Mary Magdalen founded the Monasteries of Omaha, New Orleans and Evansville.
Mother dies at Evansville August 18th, 1905. After her death the Boston Monastery was founded in 1906. Our Bordentown Monastery was founded from Boston in 1909. today there are about 26 Monasteries in America which follow the the Primitive Rule of Saint Clare.
