Luise of Marillac

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Luise von Marillac (1591-1660)
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Luise von Marillac ( Louise de Marillac ) (born August 12, 1591 in Paris ; † March 15, 1660 ibid) was a French noblewoman and founder of the order . She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Luise de Marillac was born as the illegitimate daughter of the Chevalier Louis I de Marillac, seigneur de Ferrières-en-Brie et de Villiers-Adam (1556-1604) in Paris. Jean-Louis de Marillac , Marshal of France , was her uncle. At the age of three, she was recognized by her father as a “fille naturelle” (“natural daughter”) and thus legitimized . The father gave her a lifelong pension.

Louise grew up in the monastery of Saint-Louis de Poissy . In 1613, at the age of 22, Louise married the secret chamberlain (= secretary) of Queen Maria de 'Medici , Antoine Le Gras, and in 1614 gave birth to a son, Michel. After her husband's death in 1625 she was looking for a pastor in their depression and learned so - mediated by Francis and the Bishop of Belley , Jean-Pierre Camus , - Vincent de Paul know. The encounter with Vincent gave her life a turn.

Vincent had founded Confréries des Dames de la Charité (“Brotherhoods of Ladies of Charity”) in several places since 1617 , which stood by the poor and the sick. In 1628 Vincent transferred the overall leadership of these groups to the energetic Luise de Marillac. To do this, Louise traveled across the country during the summer, from place to place, and in winter she visited the Charité groups in the cities.

In 1633, Louise took in some young peasant girls in her house in Paris, and initially taught them to read and write - unheard of at the time, because any kind of education was considered unnecessary for peasant girls. Then the young women and Louise looked after foundlings , patients at the Hôtel-Dieu and prisoners and set up soup kitchens . From this community, the Cooperative of the Daughters of Christian Love of St. Vincent de Paul (Vincentian Sisters) developed, which she founded with Vincent de Paul. Until her death, Luise de Marillac directed the mother house of the congregation in Paris. Her remains rest in the Chapel of the Apparitions in the Motherhouse on Rue du Bac in Paris.

The Congregation of the Daughters of Christian Love grew into one of the largest religious communities in the world.

Honors

In 1920, Louise de Marillac beatified and in 1934 canonized . In 1960 she was given by Pope John XXIII. elevated to the patronage of all those involved in social work. Her feast day in the liturgy is March 15th .

The health and nursing school at St. Josefskrankenhaus Heidelberg (Germany) was named after Luise von Marillac. A clinic in Bad Überkingen was named after Louise von Marillac.

literature

  • Jean Calvet: Luise von Marillac: The tireless helper of Saint Vincent von Paul. A portrait . Räber, Lucerne 1962.
  • Alfonsa Magdalena Richartz: An unusual mother: Louise von Marillac . Johannes-Verlag, Leutesdorf 1988, ISBN 3-7794-1084-2 .
  • Sjef Sarneel: For the sake of the people: Louise von Marillac. Spiritual biography in personal reports . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1990, ISBN 3-451-21583-7 .
  • Ekkart Sauser :  Marillac, Louise de. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 862.  ([ http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/m/marillac_l.shtml ( Memento from June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive])
  • Pauline Thorer: Vinzenz von Paul and Louise von Marillac: Founders of the Lazarists and the Sisters of Mercy . In: Josef Weismayer (ed.): Monk Fathers and Order Founders: Men and Women in the Imitation of Jesus . Echter, Würzburg 1991, ISBN 3-429-01395-X , pp. 261-280.
  • Horst-Peter Wolff and Jutta Wolff: Nursing: Introduction to the study of their history . Mabuse Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-940529-01-5 , to Louise Le Gras b. Marillac, pp. 85-86.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hans Hümmeler: Heroes and Saints . One-volume special edition, 42. – 141. Th., Verlag der Buchgemeinde, Bonn 1938, p. 128.
  2. ↑ Hans Hümmeler: Heroes and Saints . One-volume special edition, 42. – 141. Th., Verlag der Buchgemeinde, Bonn 1938, p. 129.
  3. ↑ Luise von Marillac-Schule Heidelberg ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / st.josefskrankenhaus.de
  4. ^ Luise von Marillac Klinik Bad Überkingen

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SURNAME Marillac, Luise von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marillac, Louise de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Foundress of the Order of the Vincentians ("Daughters of Christian Love")
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1591
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1660
Place of death Paris