Saint Marguerite Bays
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
June 27
Born
September 8, 1815
Died
June 1, 27
Canonized
13 October 2019 by Pope Francis at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy
Beatified
29 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Biography
Saint Marguerite Bays was born on September 8, 1815, in Siviriez, Fribourg, Switzerland. She was the second of seven children born to Pierre-Antoine Bays and Josephine Morel, and she grew up in a devoutly religious farming family. Marguerite lived her entire life as a laywoman in the Archdiocese of Lausanne. She supported herself by working as a dressmaker and seamstress....