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Also known as

• Francisca de Amboise
• Françoise d’Amboise

Memorial

• 4 November

Profile

Daughter of Louis d’Amboise, Viscount de Thouars, she grew up in the courts of Brittany. Duchess of Brittany, being married to Peter II, Duke of Britanny at age 15; she was betrothed to him at age four. It was not a happy marriage, and Peter sometimes abused her, but Frances softened Peter over the years, and he assisted in her charitable work. She established a Poor Clare convent at Nantes, France, and worked for the canonization of Saint Vincent Ferrer. Supported the Dominican convent at Nantes. Widowed in 1457, she devoted herself to religious life. Joined the Carmelite nuns at Bondon on 25 March 1468, making her final vows in 1469. Spiritual student of Blessed John Soreth. Worked in the infirmary for a while, and was elected prioress for life in 1473. Considered the foundress of the Carmelite nuns in France.

Born

• 28 September 1427 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France

Died

• 4 November 1485 at Les Couêts, Nantes, France of natural causes while in a religious ecstasy
• miracles reported at her tomb
• her body had to be moved to save it during the Huguenot wars, and again in the French Revolution

Beatified

• 16 July 1863 by Pope Pius IX

Canonized

• pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Frances, contact
     Couvent Notre Dame de Lumières
     Allée Titus Brandsma
     44200 Nantes, FRANCE

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Carmelite Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours
• CarmelNet
• CarmelNet
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by Benedict Zimmerman
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Google Directory
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Frances d’Amboise”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-frances-damboise/>