Feast June 16
Léonie Martin
Venerable · Religious · Feast June 16
Biography
Léonie Martin, also known as Sister Françoise-Thérèse, VHM was a French Catholic nun who led a cloistered life as a member of the Visitation Sisters. She was the daughter of Saints Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin and an elder sister of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. She is sometimes dubbed Saint Thérèse's "difficult sister".
Feast day
June 16
Birth date
1863-06-03
Death date
1941-06-17
Canonization status
Venerable
Feast month
6
Feast day of month
16