Mary of St. Ignatius
Mary of St. Ignatius (birth name Claudine Thévenet ; * March 20, 1774 in Lyon , † February 3, 1837 in Lyon) was a French Catholic religious founder and nun .
Life
During the French Revolution , Claudine Thévenet began to secretly care for abandoned children. Two orphans she found on the steps of St. Nizier's Church in Lyon gave her the impetus to found an orphanage called Providence : the nucleus for her order.
Claudine Thévenet founded the "Congrégation des religieuses de Jésus-Marie" ( Sisters of Jesus and Mary , Order Seal : RJM) on October 5, 1818 to raise children and young people, initially in poor circumstances. Her religious name was Marie Saint-Ignace ( Mary of St. Ignatius ).
The order grew rapidly. Her pedagogy was based on kindness, appreciation and a family spirit. She died on February 3, 1837 in the Fourvière branch. Her last words were: "How good God is ..."
Beatification and Canonization
"The Holy of Lyon," as it is also called, was Pope John Paul II. On October 4, 1981 beatified and on March 21, 1993 canonized , both in Rome.
Her feast day in the liturgy is February 3rd.
literature
in German language
- Laurentine Chiasson: How good is God! Claudine Thévenet, mother Maria Ignatia (1774–1837), founder of the sisters of Jesus-Maria . Verlag Neue Stadt, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-87996-132-8 .
- Ekkart Sauser : Claudine Thévenet. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 1348-1348.
in French
- La Servante de Dieu Mère Marie Saint-Ignace (Claudine Thévenet), fondatrice de la Congrégation des Religieuses de Jésus-Marie, née à Lyon on 30 mars 1774, morte en odeur de sainteté à Lyon on 3 février 1837 . Emmanuel Vitte, Lyon 1926, 2nd edition 1928.
- Léon Cristiani: Au service de l'enfance. Claudine Thévenet . Éditions France-Empire, Paris 1961.
- Gabriella Maria RJM: En cette nuit-là, aux Pierres-Plantées. Claudine Thévenet, Mère Marie Saint-Ignace et son temps . Éditions France-Empire, Paris 1973 (the most detailed source-based biography to date).
- René Berthier, Marie-Françoise Linarès: Claudine Thévenet et le journal d'une éducatrice lyonnaise (= Les Grandes heures des chrétiens , vol. 29). Univers media, Paris 1982, ISBN 2-85974-081-3 .
- Jeanne-Marie Horny: Claudine Thévenet. Lyon, 1774-1837 . Éditions Médiaspaul, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-7122-0446-8 .
Footnotes
- ^ René Berthier, Marie-Françoise Linarès: Claudine Thévenet et le journal d'une éducatrice lyonnaise . Paris 1982.
- ↑ The essence of the Christian message: love, suffer, pray, serve. Sermon of John Paul II at the canonization of the Blessed Claudine Thévenet and Teresa de Jésus “de los Andes” in St. Peter's Basilica on March 21st . In: L'Osservatore Romano . Weekly edition in German , Vol. 23 (1993), No. 26 of March 26, 1993, p. 11.
Web links
- Website of the Congregation
- Mary of St. Ignatius (Claudine) Thévenet
- Santa Claudina Thevenet (Maria di S. Ignazio) on santiebeati.it
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mary of St. Ignatius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thévenet, Claudine (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Catholic founder and nun |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1837 |
| Place of death | Lyon |