Blessed Jane of Toulouse
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- Also known as
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Jeanne de Toulouse
Joan of Toulouse
Johanna av Toulouse
- Memorial
- 31 March
- Profile
- Received the Carmelite veil from Saint Simon Stock, taking a vow of perpetual chastity.
Followed the rule of Saint Albert of Jerusalem.
First Carmelite tertiary, and foundress of the Carmelite Third Order.
Worked with the sick and poor, and trained young Carmelite friars.
Very little factual information was ever recorded about her, but those who knew her considered her exceptionally gentle, pious, and dedicated.
- Born
- at Toulouse, France
- Died
- 1286 of natural causes
- Beatified
- 11 February 1895 (cultus confirmed)
- Additional Information
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Kirken i Norge - norwegian
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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