Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French laywoman and the mother of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux
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Place of Birth: Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon, Normandy, France
About Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin
- Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Marie-Azélie "Zélie" Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were two married Roman Catholic French laypeople and the parents of five Roman Catholic nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite nun who was canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church in 1925.
- On 18 October 2015, the couple were also canonized as saints, becoming the first spouses in the church's history to be canonized as a couple.
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