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Aug 29

Blessed Mary of the Cross Jugan

August 29th XIX century

Name
María (Femenino)
Celebrate
People named María use to celebrate 15-Aug:
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Other saints
Other saints named María
Secular name
Juana Jugan
Dead
in Renes, in current France
Celebration
August 29th
In Renes, France, blessed Mary of the Cross (Juana) Jugan, Virgin, who founded the Congregation of the little sisters of the poor, begging God to the poor, and unjustly expelled from the direction of the Institute, spent the rest of her life in prayer and humility. Roman martyrology