Marie-Virginie Vaslin (Mother Marie Sainte-Claire)
French founder of the Franciscan Servants of Mary
Who they were
A farm servant who became a religious, she founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Servants of Mary at Blois on 17 September 1866 and took the name Marie Sainte-Claire.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The congregation asked for her cause in 2007 and the nihil obstat was granted in 2013; she is a Servant of God of the diocese of Blois.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.