Marguerite Bays, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Beatified Catholic laywoman
Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1815
Place of Birth: Chavannes-les-Forts, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
Date of Death: 27-Jun-1879
Profession: nun
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Marguerite Bays
- Saint Marguerite Bays (8 September 1815 – 27 June 1879) was a Swiss seamstress and Roman Catholic mystic who was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order.
- She lived a simple life as a Franciscan and adapted the tenets of the order's charism into her own life and social apostolate, especially after she was cured of bowel cancer on 8 December 1854.
- Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1995 after the recognition of a miracle attributed to her intercession.
- Pope Francis approved her canonization on 13 October 2019.
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