Saint Jeanne Jugan
Also known as: Marie de la Croix; Marie of the Cross
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 29
Born
October 25, 1792
Died
August 29, 1879
Canonized
11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI
Beatified
3 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II
Biography
Saint Jeanne Jugan, also known as Marie de la Croix or Marie of the Cross, was born on October 25, 1792, in the small and impoverished fishing village of Les Petites-Croix in Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France....