Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin

Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin (HM2BDI)

Location: Québec, Québec G1R 3R9
Country: Canada
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N 46° 48.907', W 71° 12.597'

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1632-1668

—Co-fondatrice de l'église canadienne/Co-foundress of the Church of Canada —

Catherine de Longpré nait à Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte en Normandie, à douze ans et demi, elle entre au monastère des Augustines à Bayeux. À quatorze ans, elle s'offre pour aller évangelisér en Nouvelle-France. Le 31 mai 1648, elle quitte son pays et arrive à Kébec pour continuer l'oeuvre des fondatrices commencée en 1639. Marie-Catherine consacre toute sa vie au service des pauvres et des malades.
Sculpture : M. Jules la Salle, Artiste, monument éricé le 17 octobre 1991
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Catherine de Longpré was born in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte in Normandy. At the age of twelve and a half she entered the Augustinian monastery of Bayeux. When fourteen years old, she volunteered for the evangelization of New France. She left her country and arrived in Kébec on May 31, 1648 to continue the work of the foundresses begun in 1639. Marie-Catherine consecrated her whole life to the service of the poor and the sick.
Sculpture : Mr. Jules la Salle, Artist, monument erected on October 17, 1991
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Year Placed1991
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Date Added Saturday, September 15th, 2018 at 8:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19T E 331411 N 5186990
Decimal Degrees46.81511667, -71.20995000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 48.907', W 71° 12.597'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 48' 54.42" N, 71° 12' 35.82" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near , Québec Québec G1R 3R9, CA
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