Léonie Martin
French nun (1863-1941)
Feast: 16 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Léonie Martin, also known as Sister Françoise-Thérèse, VHM (3 June 1863 – 17 June 1941) was a French Catholic nun who led a cloistered life as a member of the Visitation Sisters. She was the daughter of Saints Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin and an elder sister of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. She is sometimes dubbed Saint Thérèse's "difficult sister".
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Louis Martin Saint Father, Parent“Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Azélie-Marie "Zélie" Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were a French Catholic couple and the parents of five nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Discalced Carmelite canonized by the Catholic Church in 1925, and her elder sister Léonie Martin, a…” — Wikipedia
- Thérèse of Lisieux Saint Brother or sister“She was the daughter of Saints Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin and an elder sister of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.” — Wikipedia
- Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin Saint“She was the daughter of Saints Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin and an elder sister of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.” — Wikipedia
- Église catholique en France — la cause de Léonie Martin — Servant of God; cause opened 24 January 2015 in the diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux, diocesan inquiry closed 2020 and validated by Rome in 2021.
- Wikidata Q11349467 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Léonie Martin (CC BY-SA)
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