Madeline Sophie Barat

Madeline Sophie Barat (December 12 1779–May 25 1865) a French saint of the Catholic church.

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Barat was born in the town of Joigny. Her father, Jacques Barat, was a cooper, her brother Louis was a monk. She moved to Paris with him. She had wanted to be a Carmelite lay sister, but with Father Joseph Varin and three other postulants she founded the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1801, an order dedicated to teaching girls. Superior General of the Society at the age of twenty-three, she held the position for sixty-three years. Receiving papal approval of the Society in 1826, she founded 105 houses in many countries. Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne and four companions took the Society to the United States. Barat died in Paris.

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