Feast October 16
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
Religious, patron of devotees of the Sacred Heart · Feast October 16
Biography
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), a Visitation nun at Paray-le-Monial, received the revelations of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that spread the devotion and the Nine First Fridays throughout the Church. She was canonized in 1920.
Feast day
October 16
Patronage
- devotees of the Sacred Heart
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
10
Feast day of month
16