Anne-Marie Javouhey
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Anne-Marie Javouhey, SJC was a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. She is known as the Liberator of the Slaves in the New World, and as the mother of the town of Mana, French... Wikipedia
Born: November 10, 1779, Jallanges, France
Died: July 15, 1851 (age 71 years), Paris, France
Organizations founded: Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny and Cluny Convent High School
Parents: Claudine Javouhey and Balthazar Javouhey
Beatified: 15 October 1950 by Pope Pius XII
Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church