Colette, Saint, 1381-1447

Person

Dates

Existence: 1381 January 13 - 1447 March 6

Biographical note

Nicolette Boilet was born at Corbie, in Picardy, in 1381, a carpenter's daughter. She tried her religious vocation with the Beguines and the Benedictines, but failed. Next she became a recluse at Corbie, and finally she found her vocation in reviving the Franciscan spirit among the Poor Clares. She was made superioress of the whole order, and her reform spread throughout France, Savoy, Germany and Flanders, many convents being restored and seventeen new ones founded by her. She helped Saint Vincent Ferrer in the work of healing the papal schism. She died at Ghent in 1447, and was canonized in 1807.

(paraphrased from The Book of Saints : A Dictionary of Persons Canonized or Beatified by the Catholic Church. 5th edition. New York: Crowell, 1966.)

Alternate names

Nicolette Boilet, Colette of Corbie

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Multiple saints, 1959, 1969, undated, bulk: 1926–1968

File — Multiple Containers

Scope and Contents Includes Saints Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Amabilis, Andrew the Apostle, Anne, Anterus, Anthony of Padua, Aurelius and Timothy, Bartholomew the Apostle, Bernadette Soubirous, Camillus de Lellis, Clare of Assisi, Colette, Emilie, Felix I, Gabriel, Gerard Majella, Gordianus, Ignatius of Loyola, SJ, Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Jesus, John, John Berchmans, SJ, Julius, Linus, Margaret Mary Alacoque, Mary, Nicholas, Paul the Apostle, Peter, Philip the Apostle, Pius X,...

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1959, 1969, undated; Majority of material found within 1926–1968

Found in: / Liturgy and life collection / Relics

Saint Colette, undated

File — Shared_box 4453 (relics), Folder: 4

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Relics in a variety of reliquaries, including badges, crucifixes, devotional wallets, lockets, and reliquary boxes.

Content notice

Some relics include fragmentary human remains.