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Karolina Gerhardinger
Bavarian sister, educator (1797–1879)
Feast: 9 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Karolina Gerhardinger was born in a suburb of Regensburg, Bavaria, on 20 June 1797 and went to the girls' school of the Canonesses of Notre-Dame. At only twelve she answered the call to become a teacher.
As Mother Maria Theresa of Jesus she founded, with great foresight, and led for over forty years the Poor School Sisters of Notre Dame, devoted above all to education, answering what she saw as God's call in a great challenge of her time.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A teacher who founded a great teaching order to educate girls.
The cause
Karolina Gerhardinger has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: School Sisters of Notre Dame: Blessed Theresa Gerhardinger.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Maria Teresa di Gesù Gerhardinger
- Wikidata Q73078 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Karolina Gerhardinger (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.