Marguerite Bourgeoys, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French colonist and foundress
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Place of Birth: Troyes, Grand Est, France
About Marguerite Bourgeoys
- Marguerite Bourgeoys, C.N.D.
- (17 April 1620–12 January 1700), was a French nun and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada.
- Born in Troyes, she traveled to Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal) by 1653, where she developed the convent and educated young girls, the poor, and children of First Nations until shortly before her death at the turn of the 18th century.
- She is also significant for developing one of the first uncloistered religious communities in the Catholic Church.
- Declared "venerable" by the pope in 1878, she was canonized in 1982 and declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
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Source: André Vachon, Victorin Chabot et André Desrosiers, Rêves d'empire. Le Canada avant 1700, coll. « Les documents de notre histoire », Ministère des Approvisionnements et Services Canada, 1982. ISBN 0-660-90785-2 (relié) ISBN 0-660-90482-5 Invalid ISBN (broché)
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| Date of birth/death | 1669 | 1 October 1707 | |
| Location of birth/death | Montreal | Pointe-Saint-Charles | |
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Source: André Vachon, Victorin Chabot et André Desrosiers, Rêves d'empire. Le Canada avant 1700, coll. « Les documents de notre histoire », Ministère des Approvisionnements et Services Canada, 1982. ISBN 0-660-90785-2 (relié) ISBN 0-660-90482-5 Invalid ISBN (broché)
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