Marie of the Incarnation
French Discalced Carmelite beatified nun
Feast: 18 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Barbe Avrillot, born in Paris in 1566, felt called to the cloister while at school with the Poor Clares, but married Pierre Acarie in obedience and was an exemplary wife and mother of six. In the famine of the siege of Paris she showed great charity.
She brought the reformed Carmelites of St Teresa to France. Widowed in 1613, she entered the Carmel as a lay sister and died at Pontoise in April 1618.
The miracles
Her cause was introduced at Rome in 1627. The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A wife and mother who brought the Carmelites to France.
The cause
Marie of the Incarnation has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Official site of Blessed Marie of the Incarnation (Madame Acarie).
Connected on this site
- Marie Guyart Saint“Marie of the Incarnation (née Marie Guyart; 28 October 1599 – 30 April 1672) was a French Ursuline nun, missionary, mystic, educator, and writer who founded the Ursuline monastery of Quebec and helped establish the first institution devoted to the education of girls in North America.” — Wikipedia
- Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament Blessed“She was the second daughter of Marie of the Incarnation, who introduced the Reform of the Carmelite Order into France.” — Wikipedia
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Marie of the Incarnation
- Wikidata Q435776 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Marie of the Incarnation (Carmelite) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.