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Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus C.I.I.C. (December 16 1865 – July 9 1942) was an immigrant from Austria-Hungary to Brazil who became the foundress of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Religious Sisters who serve the poor. She became the first Brazilian to be proclaimed a saint by the Catholic Church when she was canonized on 19 May 2002 by Pope John Paul II.

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