An Italian-born nun who took on Billy the Kid, corresponded with Thomas Edison and co-founded the first hospitals and schools in New Mexico has been nominated for sainthood.
The board of CHI St. Joseph’s Children in Albuquerque approved a motion last year to petition for the canonization of Sister Blandina Segale, a nun of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. They presented their resolution to Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan, who asked the Vatican for permission to “open the cause” for her beatification and possible canonization.
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Historian asks state’s high court to help set record straight on Billy the Kid’s death
