Madeleine Sophie Barat, French nun and saint, founded the Society of the Sacred Heart (d. 1865)
Madeleine Sophie Barat, R.S.C.J. (12 December 1779 – 25 May 1865) is a French saint of the Catholic Church and was the founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, a worldwide religious institute of educators.
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