Catherine of St. Augustine

Blessed

Catherine of St. Augustine

O.S.A.
An image of the Blessed Catherine painted by the Abbé Hughes Pommier about the time of her death
Canoness Regular and missionary
Born(1632-05-03)3 May 1632
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Province of Normandy, Kingdom of France
Died8 May 1668(1668-05-08) (aged 36)
Quebec City, New France, French Colonial Empire
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church (Quebec)
Beatified23 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II
Major shrineCentre Catherine-de-Saint-Augustin, Québec, Canada
Feast8 May

Mary Catherine of St. Augustine, OSA (French: Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin) (3 May 1632 – 8 May 1668) was a French canoness regular who was instrumental in the development of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec in the colony of New France. She has been beatified by the Catholic Church.[1]

  1. ^ Cather, Willa; John Joseph Murphy; David Stouck; Frederick M. Link (2005). Shadows on the rock. U of Nebraska Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-8032-1532-0. Retrieved 19 April 2010.