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Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Azélie-Marie "Zélie" Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were a French Catholic couple and the parents of five nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite canonized by the Catholic Church in 1925, and her elder sister Léonie Martin, a Visitation Sister declared a Servant of God in 2015.
Léonie Martin, also known as Sister Françoise-Thérèse, VHM (3 June 1863 – 17 June 1941) was a French Catholic nun who led a cloistered life as a member of the Visitation Sisters. She was the daughter of Saints Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin and an elder sister of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. She is sometimes dubbed Saint ...
The theme of Sara and Tobias is taken from the medal that Louis Martin chose as a souvenir of his wedding with Zelie Guerin on July 13, 1858, in Notre Dame d’Alençon. The original medal was blessed during the exchange of the rings and is at the Diocese of Séez, France. The reliquary contains particles of the Martins’ hair. [7]
Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of Thérèse of Lisieux, [6] were enrolled in the confraternity in April 1885. Therese was introduced to the devotion by her sister Celine and was later called Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. The poems and prayers she wrote helped to spread devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.
Zélie and Louis were married at the Basilica [11] of Notre-Dame in Alençon on 13 July 1858 and spent their whole married life in Alençon, where Thérèse was born [12] in January 1873 and spent her early childhood until the death of her mother in 1877. Beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin - Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, the parents of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, were married in the church on 13 July 1858, and it was there that Thérèse received the sacrament of baptism on 4 January 1873. [4]
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Martin was born on September 7, 1861, in Alençon, during the Second French Empire. She was the second of nine children of Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin, as well as the older sister of Léonie Martin and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. [2] In 1893, Martin was elected to serve as the prioress of the Carmelite convent in Lisieux. [citation ...