Foundress of the Sisterhood of
Christian Schools of Mercy. She was born on November 28 in 1756 in Barfleur, France, baptized Julia Frances Catherine. At the age of eighteen, she opened a school for girls in Barfleur. The
French Revolution closed the schools, and Marie Magdalen sheltered fugitive priests until 1801, when Napoleon and the
Holy See signed the famous
Concordat which the emperor soon violated. In 1807, Marie Magdalen and three companions took
vows before Abbe Cabart, starting the congregation. In 1815, the institute settled in Tamersville, France, and
Mary Magdalen obtained the
abbey of St. Sauveur le Vicomte. She died on July 16 there, venerated for her
holiness and miracles. She was canonized in 1925
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