Sister Blandina gets her own television show

(Santa Fe New Mexican) She talked an angry mob in Trinidad, Colo., out of lynching a man implicated in a shooting. She co-founded schools and hospitals in the rough-and-tumble territory of New Mexico. A 1966 episode of CBS’ TV series Death Valley Days referred to her as the “fastest nun in the West.” Now the life of Blandina Segale, better known in these parts as Sister Blandina, will be the basis for a television series that promises to enthrall audiences with Wild West exploits while also staying true to the story of nun who immigrated to the U.S. from a small Italian town in 1854, only to find herself in New Mexico Territory staring down armed outlaws — including Billy the Kid. Continued