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Louise of Savoy
nun
BlessedFrancePoor Clares
Feast: 24 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1462
Died
1503
Beatified
1829
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Canonised
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Who they were
Louise of Savoy (28 December 1461 – 24 July 1503) was a member of the French royal family, who gave up a life of privilege and comfort to become a Poor Clare nun. She was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1839.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy Blessed Parent, Father
Sources
- Wikidata Q450894 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Louise of Savoy (nun) (CC BY-SA)
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