Rosalie Rendu


Rosalie Rendu

Born(1786-09-09)9 September 1786
Confort, Ain, Kingdom of France
Died7 February 1856(1856-02-07) (aged 69)
Paris, France
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified9 November 2003, St. Peter's Basilica by Pope John Paul II
Feast7 February

Rosalie Rendu, DC (9 September 1786 – 7 February 1856) was a French Catholic member of the Daughters of Charity who organized care for the poor in the Paris slums during the Industrial Revolution. She was beatified in the Catholic Church in 2003.