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Louise de Marillac D.C., also known as Louise Le Gras, (August 12, 1591 – March 15, 1660) was the co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
Saint Louise de Marillac, cofounder with St. Vincent de Paul of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, a congregation of laywomen dedicated to teaching and hospital work. The congregation was the first noncloistered religious institute of women devoted to active charitable works.
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Aug 8, 2016 · The de Marillac family was concerned about marrying Louise. One of her uncles, Octavien d’Attichy, superintendent of finances, proposed she marry Antoine La Gras, the secretary to the Queen Mother and Regent.
She desired to become a nun but on the advice of her confessor, she married Antony LeGras, an official in the Queen's service, in 1613. After Antony's death in 1625, she met St. Vincent de Paul, who became her spiritual adviser.
Louise de Marillac, also called Louise Le Gras, (August 12, 1591 - March 15, 1660) was the co-founder, with Saint Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity. As the first leader of the Daughters, she was devoted to serving Jesus Christ through work with the poor and corporal and spiritual works of mercy. By the time she died in 1660, there ...
Born in Paris, France, on August 15, 1591; died of gangrene on March 15, 1660; daughter of Louis de Marillac (counselor to Parliament) and his second wife Marguerite (le Camus) de Marillac; married Antoine le Gras, in 1613 (died 1626); children: one son.
St. Louise de Marillac was a French saint who struggled to find God’s will for her life: she married, had a child, discerned the religious life, and struggled to find God’s will in the ups and downs of life’s fortunes. In 1591, Louise was born out of wedlock to a very wealthy man, Louis de Marillac.
