About
French nun who founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, a congregation of Catholic nuns, in 1840.
Before Fame
She joined a convent when she was 25.
Trivia
She, along with five other nuns, traveled from France to Indiana in 1840 and founded several schools and missions.
Family Life
Her father, Laurent Guérin, was an officer in the French Navy under Napoleon Bonaparte.
Associated With
She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1998.
