Wartime saviour nun from Brighton on road to sainthood
SOURCE: BBC (5-31-10)
A nun from Brighton who helped hide persecuted Jews, Communists and Poles from the Nazis in wartime Rome is being considered for sainthood.
Mother Riccarda Beauchamp Hambrough was baptised as a child at Brighton's St Mary Magdalene Church.
She later became a nun and saved the lives of more than 60 people by smuggling them into her convent in Rome.
The Pope is to make her "a servant of God" - two steps away from sainthood.
Mother Riccarda Beauchamp Hambrough was baptised as a child at Brighton's St Mary Magdalene Church.
She later became a nun and saved the lives of more than 60 people by smuggling them into her convent in Rome.
The Pope is to make her "a servant of God" - two steps away from sainthood.
Source:
BBC
Source URL:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/sussex/10195036.stm
Date:
5-31-10
