Saint Marguerite d’Youville

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Saint Marguerite d’Youville was an 18th-century Canadian Catholic widow and social reformer who became the first native-born Canadian saint, renowned for her charitable work among the poor and sick in Montreal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint
founder of a religious order
human
social reformer
associatedWith Hôpital Général de Montréal NERFINISHED
beatificationDate 1959-05-03
beatifiedBy Pope John XXIII NERFINISHED
birthDate 1701-10-15
birthName Marie-Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais NERFINISHED
birthPlace Varennes, New France NERFINISHED
Varennes, Quebec NERFINISHED
canonizationDate 1990-12-09
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope John Paul II NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Canada
deathDate 1771-12-23
deathPlace Montreal, New France NERFINISHED
Montreal, Quebec NERFINISHED
era 18th century
ethnicGroup French Canadian NERFINISHED
familyName Dufrost de Lajemmerais NERFINISHED
feastDay 10-16
October 16
founded Grey Nuns of Montreal NERFINISHED
Sisters of Charity of Montreal NERFINISHED
givenName Marguerite NERFINISHED
hasTitle Mother of Universal Charity NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Saint NERFINISHED
influenced Catholic social services in Canada
knownFor care of the sick in Montreal
charitable work among the poor
social reform in New France
languageSpoken French
maritalStatus widow
movement Catholic charitable movement in Canada
name Marguerite d’Youville NERFINISHED
notableAchievement first native-born Canadian to be canonized as a saint
notableWork administration of the Hôpital Général de Montréal
care of the poor in Montreal
numberOfChildren 6
occupation charity organizer
nurse
religious sister
placeOfBurial Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
residence Montreal, New France NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female
spouse François d’Youville NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

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Grey Nuns founder Saint Marguerite d’Youville
Grey Nuns hasNotableMember Saint Marguerite d’Youville
Place D’Youville namedAfter Saint Marguerite d’Youville
this entity surface form: Marie-Marguerite d’Youville