Margaret Mary Alacoque


Margaret Mary Alacoque

Portrait of Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque
Virgin
Born(1647-07-22)22 July 1647
L'Hautecour, Duchy of Burgundy, Kingdom of France
Died17 October 1690(1690-10-17) (aged 43)
Paray-le-Monial, Duchy of Burgundy, Kingdom of France
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified18 September 1864, Rome by Pope Pius IX
Canonized13 May 1920, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XV
Major shrineMonastery of the Visitation,
Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France
FeastOctober 16 (October 17 by the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary and universally prior to 1969; transferred to Oct 20 in Canada)
Attributeswearing the religious habit of the Visitandines and holding an image of the Sacred Heart

Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM (French: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690) was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.