The Sisters of the Divine Savior is an order of Roman Catholic nuns co-founded on December 8, 1888 in Tivoli, by the Blessed Mary of the Apostles (Therese von Wüllenweber), (February 19, 1833 - December 25, 1907), (beatified by Pope Paul VI October 13, 1968 Rome), and Father Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan, who had also founded the Salvatorian Fathers and Brothers in 1881. Worldwide, the order has about 1200 sisters in 28 countries including Germany, the United States, Australia and the Holy Land. Conventionally, the letters "S.D.S" are used to identify the order.