Saint Colette
Also known as: Coleta; Colette Boylet; Collette of Corbie; Nicholette Boilet; Nicolette
Saint
Feast Day
March 6
Born
January 13, 1381
Died
March 6, 1447
Canonized
24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII
Beatified
1604 by Pope Clement VIII (grant of liturgical office)
Biography
Saint Colette of Corbie (1381–1447) was a French Franciscan abbess and the founder of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare. Born Nicolette Boilet in Corbie, Picardy, to a carpenter and his wife who were already advanced in years, she was orphaned at seventeen and entrusted to the care of a Benedictine abbot....
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