“I Willingly Speak to You about Her Virtues”:1 Catherine de Saint-Augustin and the Public Role of Female Holiness in Early New France

On July 11, 1666, the new cathedral in the French colonial capital at Quebec was finally consecrated by the vicar apostolic of New France, Msgr. François de Laval. Catherine de Saint-Augustin, a nursing sister who belonged to the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, described the elaborate ceremony in her journal....

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Main Author: Pearson, Timothy G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2010
In: Church history
Year: 2010, Volume: 79, Issue: 2, Pages: 305-333
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