Blessed Marie DeluilMartiny

Blessed Marie Deluilmartiny

Also known as: Sister Marie of Jesus; Sister Mary of Jesus; Marie-Caroline-Philomène Deluil-Martiny

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

27-Feb

Born

28 May 1841 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France as Marie-Caroline-Philomène Deluil-Martiny

Died

Shot twice at point-blank range with a revolver, damaging her carotid artery, on Ash Wednesday, 27 February 1884 in La Servianne, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France; buried with family in Marseille; re-interred at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium in 1899 when the Daughters were expelled from France; relics exhumed and inspected on 4 March 1989 as part of the canonization investigation; re-interred at the mother-house of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus in Rome, Italy on 28 September 2013

Beatified

22 October 1989 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

23 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Marie Deluilmartiny, also known as Sister Marie of Jesus, Sister Mary of Jesus, or by her birth name Marie-Caroline-Philomène Deluil-Martiny, was born on 28 May 1841 in Marseille, France. She was the oldest of five children, with one brother and three sisters. Her parents, Paul Deluil-Martiny and her mother, whose name remains unknown, belonged to the upper middle class. Marie was baptized on the day of her birth and received a good early education from the Visitation Sisters in her hometown, followed by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Lyons, France.