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Margaret Mary Alacoque

French nun and mystic
Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM was a French Catholic Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form. Wikipedia
Born: July 22, 1647, Verosvres, France
Died: October 17, 1690 (age 43 years), Paray-le-Monial, France
Attributes: Young nun wearing the black Visitandine habit and holding an image of the Sacred Heart
Beatified: 18 September 1864, Rome by Pope Pius IX
Canonized: 13 May 1920, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XV