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Who established infirmaries for the sick who were refused care elsewhere?

   Angelo Secchi
   Frances Xavier
   Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo
   Marcellino Champagnat

Your answer was: Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo.
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Answer: Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo established infirmaries for the sick who were refused care elsewhere. He also founded religious orders to serve the poor as well as contemplative monasteries. He was canonized in 1934 by Pope Pius XI.

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'St Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo'
Vatican Notes Volume: 41; Issue: 1; Page: 5; 1992


St. Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo
150th Anniversary of Death
908-909 (1992)