SAINT
saint-louis-martin
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Louis Martin and Azélie-Marie "Zélie" Guérin Martin were a French Catholic couple and the parents of five nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite canonized by the Catholic Church in 1925, and her elder sister Léonie Martin, a Visitation Sister declared a Servant of God in 2015. That same year, the couple became the first in Catholic history to be canonized together.
feast Day
07-12
birth Date
1823-08-22
death Date
1894-07-29
canonization Status
beatified
canonization Date
18 October 2015
canonized By
Pope Francis
feast Month
7
feast Day Of Month
12

