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Jaricot, Marie-Pauline
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(Jul 22, 1799, Lyon – Jan 9, 1862, Lyon), a layperson involved in the restoration of French Catholicism. She devoted her life to founding pious societies which pursued benevolent and missionary objectives. In 1817 the Congrégation des Réparatrices du Sacré Cœur and La Loretta, a guesthouse for female workers, arose from her prayer groups for girls. Upon the establishment of the Association de la Propagation de la Foi (“Society for the Propagation of the Faith”) in 1822, she introduced the practice of gathering funds through a “weekly missionary sou.” In the same year, Les…

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Zorn, Jean-François, “Jaricot, Marie-Pauline”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_10749>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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