![[Saint Claudine portrait]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintc0m.jpg "12kb jpg detail from a portrait of Saint Claudine, date unknown, artist unknown; swiped off the Kirken i Norge web site")
Also known as
- Mary of Saint Ignatius
- Mary of Saint Ignatius Thevenet
- Saint of Lyon
Profile
Raised in a pious family. Two of her brothers were murdered in the excesses of the French Revolution; they went to their deaths forgiving their killers and asking Claudine to do the same. Claudine worked with working class young women around Lyon, France. In 1816, with Father André Coindre, she formed a group that would become the Religious of Jesus and Mary (Sisters of Jesus-Marie) at Lyon in 1818, a teaching order dedicated to educating poor girls. Taking the name Mary of Saint Ignatius, she served as superior of the Sisters. The Order received papal approval from Pope Blessed Pius IX on 31 December 1847, and today runs boarding schools, colleges, and retreat houses in Europe, India and North America.
Born
- 3 February 1837 at Lyon, France of natural causes
- 6 February 1978 by Pope Paul VI (decree of heroic virtues)
Additional Information
- Beatifications of Pope John Paul II
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Religious of Jesus and Mary, by Mother Saint Euphemie
- Hagiography Circle
- Kirken i Norge
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Claudine Thevenet”. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 February 2010. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-claudine-thevenet/>