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These are patron saints of France. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. J. Joan of Arc (4 C, 33 P) L. Louis IX of France (2 ...
Ivo of Kermartin, TOSF (17 October 1253 – 19 May 1303), also known as Yvo, Yves, or Ives (and in Breton as Erwan, Iwan, Youenn or Eozenn, depending on the region, and known as Yves Hélory (also Helori or Heloury) in French), was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the Middle Ages.
Bernadette Soubirous (/ ˌ b ɜːr n ə ˈ d ɛ t ˌ s uː b i ˈ r uː /; French: [bɛʁnadɛt subiʁu]; Occitan: Bernadeta Sobirós [beɾnaˈðetɔ suβiˈɾus]; 7 January 1844 – 16 April 1879), also known as Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes (Lorda in Occitan), in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing ...
Genevieve (French: Sainte Geneviève; Latin: Genovefa; [2] also called Genovefa [3] and Genofeva; [4] c. 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the two patron saints of Paris in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions.
Louise de Marillac was born out of wedlock on August 12, 1592 [1] at Ferrières-en-Brie near Le Meux, [2] now in the department of Oise, in Picardy.She never knew her mother. Louis de Marillac, Lord of Ferrires (1556–1604), [3] claimed her as his natural daughter yet not his legal h
France: Saint-Brieuc: Servant of God Member, Young Christian Workers: René Rouzé: January 11, 1922 February 18, 1945 22 France: Saint-Denis: Servant of God Member, Young Christian Workers: André Boucher (Xavier) August 3, 1920 March 15, 1945 24 France: Saint-Dié: Servant of God Cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor: Jean Tinturier: February 20 ...
The devotion to St. Martin was amplified in the dioceses of France, where special prayers were offered to the patron saint. When the armistice was signed on Saint Martin's Day, 11 November 1918, the French people saw it was a sign of his intercession in the affairs of France. [36]
Clotilde is the patron saint of the lame in Normandy and the patron saint of Les Andelys and has been "invoked against sudden death and iniquitous husbands". [3] She married Clovis I , the first king of the Franks , in 492 or 493.