Saint mother theodore guerin biography
About Saint Mother Theodore Guerin (Saint Theodora)
Théodore Guérin
American Roman Catholic educator and saint
Saint Theodora Guérin SP | |
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| Born | Anne-Thérèse Guérin (1798-10-02)October 2, 1798 Étables-sur-Mer, France |
| Died | May 14, 1856(1856-05-14) (aged 57) Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, United States |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | October 25, 1998, by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | October 15, 2006, by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Major shrine | Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guérin and Sisters of Providence Convent Cemetery, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana (where her remains are entombed) |
| Feast | October 3 |
| Patronage | State of Indiana; Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana; Indianapolis |
Anne Thérèse GuérinSP (2 October 1798 – 14 May 1856), designated by the Vatican as Saint Theodora, was a French-American saint and the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, a congregation of Catholicsisters at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.
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