Venerable Jeanne Chézard de Matel OVISS | |
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Foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament | |
Born | November 6, 1596 Roanne, France |
Died | September 11, 1670 Paris, France |
Venerated in | Catholic 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.