Feast June 27
Saint Marguerite Bays
Virgin · Feast June 27
Biography
Marguerite Bays, OFS was a Swiss seamstress and mystic. She lived a simple life as a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and adapted the tenets of the order's charism into her own life and social apostolate, especially after she was healed of bowel cancer on 8 December 1854. She was canonized by Pope Francis on 13 October, 2019.
Feast day
June 27
Birth date
1815-09-08
Death date
1879-06-27
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
13 October 2019
Canonized by
Pope Francis
Feast month
6
Wikidata qid
Q3290670
Feast day of month
27