Colette of Corbie, PCC was a French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare, better known as the Poor Clares. She is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church. Due to a number of miraculous events claimed during her life, she is venerated as a patron saint of women seeking to conceive, expectant mothers, and sick children.

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• women seeking to conceive
• expectant mothers
• sick children

13 January 1381

1447-03-06

Canonized

24 May 1807

Pope Pius VII

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