biography
pronunciation:
[muhkawlee]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1787–1841)
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| biography:
| Founder of a religious order, born in Dublin, Ireland. She was left money by her protestant foster-parents, and founded the Roman Catholic House of Mercy, an institution for educating the poor. She took her vows in 1831, and founded the order of the Sisters of Mercy. |
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