Joan Elizabeth Bichier des Âges, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French saint
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Place of Birth: Le Blanc, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About Joan Elizabeth Bichier des Âges
- Joan Elizabeth Lucy Bichier des Âges (French: Jeanne-Élisabeth-Lucie Bichier des Âges) (5 July 1773 – 26 August 1838) was a French religious sister, commonly referred to as Elizabeth Bichier.
- Together with Andrew Fournet, she founded the Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St.
- Andrew, a religious congregation which was established for the care of the poor and the instruction of rural children in the Diocese of Poitiers in 1807.
- She also helped to inspire the founding of a community of priests dedicated to missionary service, the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Betharram.
- She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
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