Marie Martin
Marie Martin
Born Tours, France, 1599; died Quebec, Canada, 1672. Married at seventeen, she was left a widow two years later, with a son Claude, afterwards a Benedictine . She entered the Ursuline Order, c.1629, and introduced that institute into Canada, 1639, where she spent 33 years instructing Indian children. Feast , 27 February . See also: patron saints index .