Jeanne Chezard de Matel

Venerable

Jeanne Chézard de Matel

OVISS
Foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament
BornNovember 6, 1596
Roanne, France
DiedSeptember 11, 1670(1670-09-11) (aged 73)
Paris, France
Venerated inCatholic Church

Jeanne Chézard de Matel, OVISS (November 6, 1596 – September 11, 1670) was a French Catholic mystic who founded the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, whose rule and constitution were approved in 1633 with the principal objective of youth education.

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