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Nun Pija Budrović (1882 - 1965), the First Dominican Sister of the Congregation of the Holy Guardian Angels from the Town of Stari Grad
Ivan Armanda
; The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography
Abstract
Based on archival sources, this article describes a review of life and work of nun Pija Budrović (1882 - 1965), the first member of the Dominican sisters of the Congregation of the Holy Guardian Angels from the town of Stari Grad. By joining the newly founded Congregation in 1905, she spent the first years of monastic life in Šibenik and Korčula. She was taking care of poor elderly people in nursing homes in Trogir, Korčula and Hvar, she was nurturing infectious patients in Split and governing the monastery of St Martin in Split and branch of health resort for children with malaria and cachexia on Čiovo island. From 1930 to 1939 she was the first manageress of Home for maids in Split and at that position she showed a special motherly care for the girls who searched for employment as maids and for those who were treated unfairly by their employers. From 1946 she lived in her hometown and worked on establishing a branch in the town of Stari Grad, which eventually happened in 1959. From 1921 to 1931 she participated in managing the Congregation as an advisor in its Supreme council.
Keywords
Pija Budrović; the Dominican sisters; Home for maids in Split; Dominican sisters of the Congregation of the Holy Guardian Angels; Stari Grad
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284171
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Publication date:
9.9.2022.
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