Catherine Jarrige
French nun (1754-1836)
Feast: 4 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Mauriac near Mount Cantal in France, Blessed Catherine Jarrige, virgin, who, a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, shone in helping the poor and the sick; at the time of the French Revolution she defended by every means the priests from the rebels who were hunting them, and went to visit them in prison.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 4 July as a Dominican tertiary who helped the poor and sick and protected hunted priests during the French Revolution.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 4 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2500582 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Catherine Jarrige (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.