Marie-Marguerite D'Youville
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 253 years ago |
Date of birth | October 15,1701 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Varennes |
Canada | |
Date of died | December 23,1771 |
Died | Montreal |
Canada | |
Place of burial | Canada |
Feast | October 16 |
Parents | Marie-Renée Gaultier de Varennes |
Christophe du Frost | |
Founded | Grey Nuns |
Sisters Of Charity | |
Job | Nurse |
Nun | |
Patronag | widows, difficult marriages, death of young children |
Canon | Vatican |
Saint Peter's Basilica | |
Vatican City | |
Pope John Paul II | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1616936 |
Marie-Marguerite D'Youville Life story
Marguerite d'Youville, SGM was a French Canadian Catholic widow who founded the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the Grey Nuns. She was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1990, becoming the first native-born Canadian to be declared a saint.