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Photograph Of A Stained Glass Window Of Beata François DAmboise 1878 Artist Unknown Cathedral Of Saint Peter Morbihan France Taken On 28 December 2012 By Fab5669
Photograph Of A Stained Glass Window Of Beata François DAmboise 1878 Artist Unknown Cathedral Of Saint Peter Morbihan France Taken On 28 December 2012 By Fab5669

Blessed Frances Damboise

Also known as: Francisca de Amboise; Françoise d’Amboise

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

4-Nov

Born

28 September 1427 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France

Died

4 November 1485 at Les Couêts, Nantes, France of natural causes while in a religious ecstasy; miracles reported at her tomb; her body had to be moved to save it during the Huguenot wars, and again in the French Revolution

Beatified

16 July 1863 by Pope Pius IX

Biography

Blessed Frances Damboise, also known as Francisca de Amboise or Françoise d'Amboise, was born on 28 September 1427 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France. She was the daughter of Louis d'Amboise, Viscount de Thouars, and she grew up in the courts of Brittany. At the tender age of four, Frances was betrothed to Peter II, Duke of Brittany.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1863-07-16 by 16 July 1863 by Pope Pius IX

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