Jeanne Chezard de Matel

Venerable

Jeanne Chézard de Matel

OVISS
Foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament
BornNovember 6, 1596
Roanne, France
DiedSeptember 11, 1670
Paris, France
Venerated inCatholic Church

Jeanne Chézard de Matel, OVISS (6 November 1596 – 1670) was a French Catholic mystic who founded the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, whose rule and constitution were approved in 1633 with the principal objective of youth education.