Saint Jeanne Elizabeth Des Bichier Des Anges
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 26
Born
July 5, 1773
Died
August 26, 1838
Canonized
6 July 1947 by Pope Pius XII
Beatified
13 May 1934 by Pope Pius XI
Biography
Saint Jeanne Elizabeth Des Bichier Des Anges, also known as Saint Jeanne Elizabeth, was born on July 5, 1773, in La Blanc, Charente, France. She was the daughter of Antony Bichier, lord of Agnes, and Marie Augier de Moussac. At the age of ten, she entered a convent in Poitiers, France, where she received an education until the age of nineteen.