SAINT
saint-anne-marie-rivier
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Anne-Marie Rivier was a French Catholic religious sister and the foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary. Rivier's focus was on education and she opened a school just before the beginning of the French Revolution which saw her school confiscated. The end of the revolution allowed for her to resume her educational inclinations and she also founded her religious order to take care of the education of orphans and other children who needed education.
feast Day
02-03
patronages
- Sisters of the Presentation of Mary
birth Date
1768-12-19
death Date
1838-02-03
canonization Status
beatified
canonization Date
15 May 2022
canonized By
Pope Francis
feast Month
2
feast Day Of Month
3

