Optional Memorial
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
- Feast day
- October 16
- Origin
- French
Patron of
- devotees of the Sacred Heart
Life
Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) was a French Visitation nun at Paray-le-Monial who received visions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus between 1673 and 1675. Guided by her confessor, Saint Claude de la Colombiere, she spread devotion to the Sacred Heart, including the practice of First Friday Communion and the Holy Hour. She was canonized in 1920.
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