Blessed Alix le Clerc
Also known as
- Alix of Mattaincourt
- Alix Le Clercq
- Alice le Clerc
- Alessia le Clerc
- Maria Teresa of Jesus
- Marie-Thérèse of Jesus
Profile
Born to a wealthy family, Alix grew up loving dance and music and parties and was known as a silly and frivolous girl. At age 21, however, she had a conversion experience, and became a spiritual student of Saint Peter Fourier. She was devoted to the education of girls, and in 1598, with Saint Peter, she co-founded the Congregation of Our Lady, Canonesses of Saint Augustine to teach poor children; at one point the Congregation had 60 houses, survived the excesses of the French Revolution, and today runs schools in ten countries in Europe and South America.
Born
- 2 February 1576 in Remiremont, Vosges, France
- 9 January 1622 in the Congregation convent at Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France of natural causes
- buried in the convent cemetery in a lead coffin, but site of the grave was lost when the convent was destroyed during the French Revolution
- coffin re-discovered in 1950
- relics enshrined in the chapel of the Notre Dame School in Nancy, France in 1960
- relics enshrined in a chapel in the cathedral of Nancy on 14 October 2007
- 3 April 1932 by Pope Pius XI (decree of heroic virtues)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Alix le Clerc“. CatholicSaints.Info. 2 September 2022. Web. 10 January 2025. <>