Born Tours, France, 1599; died Quebec, Canada, 1672. Married at seventeen, she was left a widow two years later, with a son Claude, afterwards a Benedictine. She entered the Ursuline Order, c.1629,and introduced that institute into Canada, 1639, where she spent 33 years instructing Indian children. Feast, February 27,. See also: patron saints index.
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