Casa Natale di Santa Francesca Cabrini
House museum in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano where Saint Frances Cabrini was born: six rooms with objects, documents, the cloak of the Andes and a relic.
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About the museum
The house in which Francesca Saverio Cabrini was born on 15 July 1850 stands on the street now named after her, in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano. It was a modest rural dwelling of the 19th century, bought between 1929 and 1931 by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and restored over time to preserve its original atmosphere.
The route is laid out in six rooms, plus the courtyard behind, in chronological order. It starts in the old family kitchen, with information on the family and on her childhood, and continues with objects and documents on her adolescence and missionary work. The room dedicated to her travels displays clothes worn by Mother Cabrini, a photograph taken in New York in 1889 with the first missionaries who had crossed the ocean with her, and the cloak she wore when crossing the Andes on muleback in 1895. There follow the furniture and clothing from her room in the house in Milan and the Cabrinian documentation centre, which can be consulted on site. A small room illustrates the work of the sisters today and holds a fragment of petrified forest from between New Mexico and Arizona, brought to Italy in 1906. The route ends in a prayer room with the saint’s relic, which reached Sant’Angelo in 1939.
Highlights
- Room in which Frances Cabrini was born
- Cloak worn during the crossing of the Andes (1895)
- Photograph of 1889 with the first missionaries in New York
- Furniture and clothing from the room in the Milan house
- Fragment of petrified forest brought to Italy in 1906
- Cabrinian documentation centre
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso museale nella casa natale – Six rooms and a courtyard with objects, documents and testimonies on the childhood, family and missionary work of Frances Cabrini.
- Operated by
- Missionarie del Sacro Cuore di Gesù
- Visitors per year
- approx. 1,100
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free guided visits; reservation required.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Reservation required at +39 0371 91214 or at casanatale@gmail.com. A virtual tour is also available on the website. |
