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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, 27 February.
See also: patron saints index.
New Catholic Dictionary
