Thousands flock to Kenyan beatification of Italian nun

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Tens of thousands of Kenyans are flocking to the town of Nyeri on Friday ahead of the beatification ceremony of an Italian nun, a key step towards sainthood. Irene Stefani was an Italian member of the Consolata Missionary Sisters who helped the wounded in Kenya and Tanzania during World War I before dying of the plague in 1930. A trained nurse, she was much loved by the people of the Nyeri district, with people calling her "Nyaatha", or "mother of all mercy" in the Kikuyu language.

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