deaths
June 8, 1621
Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (born 1567)
Anne de Xainctonge
Anne de Xainctonge was a French religious sister who founded of the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin. She was declared venerable by the Roman Catholic Church in 1991.
Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin
The Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women founded in 1606 at Dole, France, by the Venerable Anne de Xainctonge (1567-1621). Its members are especially involved in teaching.