Claudine Thévenet

Claudine Thévenet (30 March 1774 – 3 February 1837) in religious Marie of Saint Ignatius - was a French Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Religious of Jesus and Mary. Thévenet witnessed the horrors of the French Revolution - she saw two of her brothers executed - and went on to cater to the needs of dissolute children while using her congregation to provide local girls with a religious education. Thévenet was beatified on 4 October 1981 and was later canonized as a saint on 21 March 1993.

Claudine Thévenet

Claudine Thévenet (30 March 1774 – 3 February 1837) in religious Marie of Saint Ignatius - was a French Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Religious of Jesus and Mary. Thévenet witnessed the horrors of the French Revolution - she saw two of her brothers executed - and went on to cater to the needs of dissolute children while using her congregation to provide local girls with a religious education. Thévenet was beatified on 4 October 1981 and was later canonized as a saint on 21 March 1993.