Blessed Frances d'Amboise
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- Also known as
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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.
Established a Poor Clare convent at Nantes.
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
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CarmelNet
CarmelNet
Google Directory
Carmelite Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours
Catholic Encyclopedia, by Benedict Zimmerman
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
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