Saint mother theodore guerin biography

About Saint Mother Theodore Guerin (Saint Theodora)

Théodore Guérin

American Roman Catholic educator and saint

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Theodora Guérin


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BornAnne-Thérèse Guérin
(1798-10-02)October 2, 1798
Étables-sur-Mer, France
DiedMay 14, 1856(1856-05-14) (aged 57)
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, United States
Venerated inCatholic Church
BeatifiedOctober 25, 1998, by Pope John Paul II
CanonizedOctober 15, 2006, by Pope Benedict XVI
Major shrineShrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guérin and Sisters of Providence Convent Cemetery, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana (where her remains are entombed)
FeastOctober 3
PatronageState 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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