Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
French Roman Catholic saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (25 August 1817 – 10 March 1898), born Anne-Eugénie Milleret de Brou, was a French religious sister and the foundress of the Religious of the Assumption.[2] Her life was not geared towards faith in her childhood until the reception of her First Communion which seemed to transform her into a pious and discerning individual; she likewise experienced a sudden conversion after hearing a sermon that led her to found an order dedicated to the education of the poor.[3] However, her religious life was not without its own set of trials, for complications prevented her order from receiving full pontifical approval due to a select few causing problems as well as the deaths of many followers from tuberculosis in the beginning of the order's life.[4]
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Born | Anne-Eugénie Milleret de Brou (1817-08-25)25 August 1817 Metz, Moselle, Kingdom of France |
Died | 10 March 1898(1898-03-10) (aged 80) Auteuil |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 9 February 1975, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI |
Canonized | 3 June 2007, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI |
Feast | 10 March |
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Her beatification was celebrated under Pope Paul VI in 1975 while her canonization was later celebrated on 3 June 2007 under Pope Benedict XVI.[3]