Adèle Euphrasie Barbier

Adèle Euphrasie Barbier (Religious name: Mother Mary of the Heart of Jesus) (4 January 1829 – 18 January 1893) was a New Zealand Roman Catholic nun, teacher and religious founder. She was born in Caen, France on 4 January 1829.[1] Adèle Euphrasie Barbier was the founder of Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions.[2] She worked in a laundry when she was 13 and opened her own laundry at home when she was 17. She died in Westbere, Kent, England on 18 January 1893.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Isichei, Elizabeth. "Adèle Euphrasie Barbier". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Coulomb, Aimé (1902). Vie de la très révérende mère Marie du Cœur de Jésus, née Euphrasie Barbier (in French). Paris: Édition Vic et Amat.
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