Sanctity, Solitude, and Society in Early Canada: The Life of Jeanne LeBer, Recluse of Ville-Marie (1662–1714)
As a religious recluse in Ville-Marie (today’s Montréal), Jeanne LeBer pursued a devout life voluntarily confined to her dwelling. After her death, the Sulpician priest François Vachon de Belmont wrote her hagiography, or saint’s Life, in a report sent to the Sulpicians in France. Belmont describes...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
The catholic historical review
Year: 2025, Volume: 111, Issue: 3, Pages: 478-504 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Leber, Jeanne 1662-1714
/ Montréal
/ Hermitess
/ Loneliness
/ Social engagement
/ Belmont, François Vachon de 1645-1732
/ Hagiography
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KCA Monasticism; religious orders KCD Hagiography; saints KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
popular religion
B colonial North America B New France B Colonialism B anchorites B early modern Atlantic world B Hagiography B recluses B Sulpicians B women religious |
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| Summary: | As a religious recluse in Ville-Marie (today’s Montréal), Jeanne LeBer pursued a devout life voluntarily confined to her dwelling. After her death, the Sulpician priest François Vachon de Belmont wrote her hagiography, or saint’s Life, in a report sent to the Sulpicians in France. Belmont describes LeBer’s early life as a gradual retreat from the secular world, culminating in reclusion. As a recluse, however, LeBer received visitors, made pious donations, and was sought out for protective prayers in times of need. Belmont’s Life presents LeBer as at once separate from the world and intimately involved in the aims and anxieties of her colonial society. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2025.a969237 |
