Feast Day: | October 16 |
Born: | 1174 in Bavaria |
Died: | October 1243 at Trebnitz |
Canonized: | 1266 by Pope Clement IV |
Patron of: | Bavaria; Berlin, Germany; brides; duchesses; death of children; difficult marriages; Görlitz, Germany, diocese of; Silesia; victims of jealousy; widows |
Feast Day: | October 16 |
Born: | 15 October 1701, Varennes, Quebec |
Died: | 23 December 1771, Montreal, Canada |
Canonized: | 9 December 1990, by Pope John Paul II |
Major Shrine: | Chapel of St. Marie Marguerite d'Youville, near Montreal |
Patron of: | Against death of children, difficult marriages, in-law problems, loss of parents, opposition of Church authorities, people ridiculed for piety, victims of adultery, victims of unfaithfulness, widows |