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Also known as

• Julie Postel
• Marie Madeline Postel
• Mary Magdalen Postel

Memorial

• 16 July

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Aunt of Blessed Placide Viel. Educated by the Benedictines at Valognes, France. Director of a school for girls at age 28. When the school was closed during the French Revolution, she used the building to house fugitive priests. Franciscan tertiary at age 52, taking the name Marie-Madeleine. Founded the Poor Daughters of Mercy at Cherburg, France in 1807 when she was 61. The Daughters are teachers and nurses, and at the time of Marie’s death 30 years later, they had 37 houses.

Born

• 28 November 1756 at Barfleur, Normandy, France as Julie Postel

Died

• 16 July 1846 at Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicoste, France of natural causes

Venerated

• 31 May 1903 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 22 January 1908 by Pope Pius X

Canonized

• 24 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI

MLA Citation

• “Saint Marie-Madeleine Postel“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 April 2024. Web. 4 May 2024. <>