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Born Jeanne Antide THOURET
French nun and Catholic saint who founded the Sisters of Charity congregation
Born on November 17, 1765 in Sancey-le-Long, France , France
Died on August 24, 1826 in Naples, Italy
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In 1797, she returned to France where she founded a school for poor girls. In 1799 she founded a new congregation: the Sisters of Charity supported by Letizia Ramolino, Napoleon's mother.
... When Joan Antidea was 22 she joined the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in Paris but during the French Revolution she was in exile in Switzerland and Germany.
In 1797, she returned to France where she founded a school for poor girls. In 1799 she founded a new congregation: the Sisters of Charity supported by Letizia Ramolino, Napoleon's mother.
In 1819, her institute was approved by Pope Pius VII who gave canonic privileges to her convents.
She died at Regina Coeli monasterium, Naples, in 1828.
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