Saint Claudine Thevenet
![[Saint Claudine portrait]](saintc0m.jpg "12kb jpg detail from a portrait of Saint Claudine, date unknown, artist unknown; swiped off the Kirken i Norge web site; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
-
Saint of Lyon;
Mary of Saint Ignatius Thevenet;
Mary of Saint Ignatius
- Memorial
- 3 February
- 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 Lyons.
In 1816, with Father André Coindre, she formed a group that would become the Religious of Jesus and Mary (Sisters of Jesus-Marie) at Lyons, France 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 Pius IX on 31 December 1847, and today runs boarding schools, colleges, and retreat houses in Europe, India and North America.
- Born
- 30 March 1774 at Lyons, France as Claudine Thevenet
- Died
- 3 February 1837 at Lyons, France of natural causes
- Beatified
- 4 October 1981 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- 21 March 1993 by Pope John Paul II
- Additional Information
-
Catholic Encyclopedia: Religious of Jesus and Mary, by Mother Saint Euphemie
Kirken i Norge norwegian
- Translate
-
español | français | deutsch | italiano | português
