Jeanne-Antide Thouret, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French saint
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Place of Birth: Sancey-le-Long, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Jeanne-Antide Thouret
- Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret (27 November 1765 - 24 August 1826) was a French Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Thouret sisters.
- Thouret's life was one of service to children and the ill across France in schools and hospitals - some of which her order established.
- This active apostolate did not cease when the French Revolution forced her into exile in both Switzerland and the Kingdom of Prussia.Thouret's canonization cause started in 1900 under Pope Leo XIII and Pope Pius XI later named her as Venerable in 1922.
- That same pope beatified her in 1926 and canonized her in 1934.
- There is a statue honoring her in Saint Peter's Basilica.
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