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Colette of Corbie
Christian saint (1381–1447) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Colette of Corbie, PCC (13 January 1381 – 6 March 1447) was a French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare, better known as the Poor Clares. She is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church. Due to a number of miraculous events claimed during her life, she is venerated as a patron saint of women seeking to conceive, expectant mothers, and sick children.
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Saint Colette of Corbie PCC | |
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![]() Saint Colette (detail of Saint Clare and Saint Colette, c. 1520, by the Master of Lourinhã; National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal) | |
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Born | Nicole Boellet 13 January 1381 Corbie, County of Amiens, Duchy of Burgundy |
Died | 6 March 1447(1447-03-06) (aged 66) Ghent, County of Flanders, Duchy of Burgundy |
Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
Beatified | 23 January 1740 by Pope Clement XII |
Canonized | 24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII |
Feast | 6 March |
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