Jamet, Marie (1820–1893)
Jamet, Marie (1820–1893)
French nun. Name variations: Marie Augustine de la Compassion. Born 1820 in Lambéty, France; died 1893 in La Tour-Saint-Joseph, France.
With Jeanne Jugan and Virginie Trédaniel, founded order of nuns devoted to charitable work, Little Sisters of the Poor (1840); based congregation on Rule of St. Augustine, taking perpetual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, as well as hospitality; took religious name of Marie Augustine de la Compassion; helped establish refuge for aged men and women who had no other shelter; amid controversy, succeeded Jugan as mother superior (1843); helped spread order and its charitable works throughout world.
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