St. Madeleine Sophie Barat Sterling Oval Medal

St. Madeleine Sophie Barat Sterling Oval Medal
Item Number: 6127	Purchase Information Your Price: $39.25 Select Qty: Availability: Usually leaves our store within 2-3 Weeks

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Product Details
H x W: Manufacturer:	0 3/4" (1.90 cm) x 0 1/2" (1.27 cm) Bliss

Our Description

This dainty sterling medal depicts St. Madeleine Sophie Barat at prayer. St. Madeline founded the Society of the Sacred Heart. The medal is 3/4in. x 1/2in. and comes on an 18in stainless chain in a gift box.

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St. Madeleine Sophie Barat

Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 05/25

Patron Of: School Girls

Profile
Daughter of Jacques Barat, a cooper who worked with the vineyards. Naturally bright, she was educated by her older brother Louis, a monk. As Madeline grew older, her brother feared she would be exposed to too much of the world, and so brought her to Paris with him. Wanted to be a Carmelite lay sister, but with Father Joseph Varin and three other postulants, she founded the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1801, who are devoted to the Sacred Heart, and dedicated to teaching girls. Nun. Teacher. Superior General of the Society at age 23, she held the position for 63 years. Receiving papal approval of the Society in 1826, she founded 105 houses in many countries; Saint Rose Phillippine Duschene and four companions brought the Society to the United States.
Born
12 December 1779 at Joigny, France
Died
25 May 1865 at Paris, France of natural causes

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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