Jeanne Le Ber
Religious recluse (1662-1714)
Who they were
Jeanne Le Ber was born in Montreal on 4 January 1662, the daughter of the merchant Jacques Le Ber and Jeanne Le Moyne. At eighteen, with her spiritual director François Séguenot, she took vows of chastity and reclusion, living apart in prayer.
On 5 August 1695 she moved into a reclusory at the chapel of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame convent, where she spent her days in prayer, embroidery, sewing and reading. She died on 4 October 1714, aged 52, after 34 years of seclusion, and is honoured as 'the Angel of Ville-Marie'. The Archdiocese of Montreal opened the diocesan tribunal in her cause on 17 May 2023 at Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, where her remains lie.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The recluse of early Montreal, remembered as 'the Angel of Ville-Marie'.
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.
- Archdiocese of Montreal - 'Opening of the diocesan tribunal in the cause of the Servant of God Jeanne Le Ber' (17 May 2023)
- Archdiocese of Montreal - 'Jeanne Le Ber, the Angel of Ville-Marie'
- Diocese of Montreal — 'Opening ceremony of the diocesan tribunal proceedings of the Servant of God, Jeanne Le Ber' — Archbishop Christian Lépine opened the canonical inquiry into her cause on 28 October 2015 and presided over a new diocesan trial on 17 May 2023; the cause of beatification is before the Roman Curia. A Servant of God wit
- Wikidata Q3176092 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Jeanne Le Ber (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.