Pelletier, Mary Euphrasia, Saint, 1796-1868
Dates
- Existence: 1796 July 31 - 1868 April 29
Biographical note
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier was born as Rose Virginie Pelletier on July 31, 1796 in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, to Julian and Anne Pelletier. She was sent to boarding school in Tours in 1810, where she joined the Order of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge in 1914. In 1828, Pelletier was tasked by the Bishop of Angers with founding a convent refuge for women. She did so, becoming Mother superior in 1831. The convent was approved as the new motherhouse for the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd of Angers by Pope Gregory XVI in 1835, and by Pelletier's death in 1868 there were 3,000 sisters in 110 convents in thirty-five countries. She was canonized in 1940 by Pope Pius XII.
Alternate names
Mary of Saint Euphrasia, Rose Virginie Pelletier, Marie de Sainte Euphrasie Pelletier