Catherine Jarrige

Catherine Jarrige (4 October 1754 – 4 July 1836) – known as in her local dialect – was a French Roman Catholic and Dominican tertiary who was beatified in 1996.

Jarrige spent her childhood on her farm in Cantal until the death of her mother prompted her to begin lacemaking in Mauriac. She became a Dominican tertiary in Mauriac and began tending to the needs of the poor. The French Revolution did not hinder her charitable works. Alongside her care for the poor and needy, she protected the priests who refused to pledge their allegiance to the new regime. She only lost one priest, François Filiol, in her undercover efforts to protect priests and provide sacraments to loyal Catholics. Jarrige accompanied Filiol to the gallows to steady him. Provided by Wikipedia