Blessed Catherine of St. Augustine O.S.A. | |
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 An image of the Blessed Catherine painted by the Abbé Hughes Pommier about the time of her death | |
| Canoness Regular and missionary | |
| Born | 3 May 1632 Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Province of Normandy, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 8 May 1668 (aged 36) Quebec City, New France, French Colonial Empire |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (Quebec) |
| Beatified | 23 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Centre Catherine-de-Saint-Augustin, Québec, Canada |
| Feast | 8 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]
- ^ 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.