Janet Erskine Stuart


Mary Janet Erskine Stuart

Born(1857-11-11)11 November 1857
Cottesmore, Rutland, England
Died21 October 1914(1914-10-21) (aged 56)
Roehampton, London, England

Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ (11 November 1857, Cottesmore, Rutland – 21 October 1914, Roehampton, also known as Mother Janet Stuart, was an English religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. She founded a number of schools.

Stuart left the Church of England and converted to the Catholic Church in 1879. She joined the Society of the Sacred Heart at Roehampton three years later[1] and, in 1911, became Superior General of the Society.[2]

Digby Stuart College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Roehampton, is named for her.

  1. ^ "Janet Erskine Stuart (1857-1914)". www.duchesne.uq.edu.au. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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