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  2. Julie Billiart - Wikipedia

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    Julie Billiart. Julie Billiart, SNDdeN (12 July 1751 – 8 April 1816) was a French Catholic nun, educator, and cofounder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was born in Cuvilly, a village in Picardy, in northern France. She was paralyzed and bedridden for 22 years, but was well known for her prayer, her embroidery skills, and her ...

  3. Françoise Blin de Bourdon - Wikipedia

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    In 1816 Julie Billiart died, and her position as head of the Sisters of Notre Dame was taken over by Blin de Bourdon, or Sr. St. Joseph, as she was known among the Sisters. Between 1815 and 1830 Belgium was part of the Netherlands, and William I of the Netherlands had imposed restrictions on teaching institutions, which Sr. St. Joseph ...

  4. Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur - Wikipedia

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    The King of Belgium created Mother Aimee de Jesus a Knight of the Order of Leopold, and Sister Ignatia was accorded a similar honor after fourteen years of labor in the Congo. During Aimee's generalate Mother Julie Billiart was solemnly beatified by Pius X, May 13, 1906. Mother Marie Aloysie was elected superior general in January 1908.

  5. Saint Julie Billiart Parish - Wikipedia

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    Saint Julie Billiart Parish. /  37.226807°N 121.802538°W  / 37.226807; -121.802538. Saint Julie Billiart Parish is a Roman Catholic parish of the Diocese of San Jose in California, located in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of San Jose, California. The parish is named for Saint Julie Billiart, the foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de ...

  6. Margaret Mary Alacoque - Wikipedia

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    Attributes. Young nun wearing the black Visitandine habit and holding an image of the Sacred Heart. Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM ( French: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690) was a French Catholic Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.

  7. Notre Dame High School (San Jose, California) - Wikipedia

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    Notre Dame is an all-girls Catholic high school situated in downtown San Jose. The school was founded as the College of Notre Dame by the Catholic Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. The Sisters of Notre Dame also ran St Joseph's (now the site of Adobe's HQs), St Leo's, St. Clare's, St Francis Xavier and St Mary's where many of the female students ...

  8. Julia of Corsica - Wikipedia

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    Julia of Corsica (Italian: Giulia da Corsica; French: Julie; Corsican: Ghjulia; Latin: Iulia), also known as Julia of Carthage, and more rarely Julia of Nonza, was a virgin and martyr who is venerated as a saint. The date of her death is most probably on or after AD 439. She and Devota are the patron saints of Corsica in the Catholic Church ...

  9. Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined - Wikipedia

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    Julie "Jules" Black: a very old family friend of Beau's who is tricked by him into admitting that the Cullens are vampires. She is a member of the Quileute tribe. Bonnie Black: the tribal elder of the Quileute tribe and mother of Julie. Reception. Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined received mixed reviews.