Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin
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Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Azélie-Marie ("Zélie") Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were a French Roman Catholic couple and the parents of five nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite nun who was canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church in 1925 and Léonie Martin declared "Servant of God" in 2015. In 2015, the couple were also canonized as saints, becoming the first spouses in the church's history to be canonized as a couple.[1]
Quick Facts Saint, Born ...
Louis Joseph Aloys Stanislaus Martin | |
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Born | Louis Joseph Aloys Stanislaus Martin (1823-08-22)22 August 1823 Bordeaux, Gironde, Kingdom of France |
Died | 29 July 1894(1894-07-29) (aged 70) Arnières-sur-Iton, Eure, France |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 19 October 2008, Basilique de Sainte-Thérèse, France by Pope Benedict XVI |
Canonized | 18 October 2015, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
Feast | 12 July |
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Quick Facts Saint Azélie-Marie Guérin Martin, Born ...
Azélie-Marie Guérin Martin | |
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Born | Azélie-Marie Guérin (1831-12-23)23 December 1831 Gandelain, Orne, Kingdom of France |
Died | 28 August 1877(1877-08-28) (aged 45) Alençon, Orne, France |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 19 October 2008, Basilique de Sainte-Thérèse, France by Pope Benedict XVI |
Canonized | 18 October 2015, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
Feast | 12 July |
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