Javouhey, Anne Marie, 1779-1851
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Name (Latin)
Javouhey, Anne Marie, 1779-1851
Other forms of name
Anne Marie, Mother, 1779-1851
Date of birth
1779-11-10
Date of death
1851-07-15
Associated country
France
Occupation
Missionaries
Nuns
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Javouhey, Anne-Marie; saint, missionary; born 11 November 1779 in Jallanges, France; was a fervent believer as an adolescent and had a strong desire to become a nun (1796); was a pioneer of Catholicism in Senegal, Gambia and Sierra Leone; stayed with several different orders (1790s -1805), established her own religious order, the Institute of Saint Joseph of Cluny at Cabillon (1805); came to Senegal (1822); reorganized hospitals in the British colonies of The Gambia and Sierra Leone (mid-1820s); became known in Guiana and France alike as the “mother of the blacks”; she was canonised in 1961; died 15 July 1851 in France)
- Goyan, G. Un grand ... 1929.
- Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey, c1995:p. 3 (b. 11-10-1779, Jallanges, France) p. 125 (d. 7-15-1851)