Marie Poussepin
French Dominican and founder of Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation
Feast: 24 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the village of Sainville near Chartres in France, Blessed Marie Poussepin, virgin, who founded the Institute of the Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin to give support to pastors of souls, education to girls and care to the needy and the sick.
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 24 January as the founder of the Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation.
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, 24 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q16386 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Marie Poussepin (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.