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    Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM (French: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690) was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion...
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    its modern form is derived from a Roman Catholic nun from France, Margaret Mary Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion from Jesus during a series of...
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    to Margaret Mary Alacoque and Mary of the Divine Heart. In June 1675, according to Margaret Mary Alacoque of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary at...
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    received by Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation nun, between 1673 and 1675 in Paray-Le-Monial, France. This devotion was revealed to Margaret Mary in the...
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    by the badges of the Sacred Heart promoted by 17th-century saint Margaret Mary Alacoque against epidemics. They are still used by the Spanish soldiers in...
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    containing precious reliquaries of St Margaret Mary Alacoque, St John Eudes, St Faustina Kowalska and Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart was inaugurated,...
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    English nun Margaret Clitherow (1556–1586) Margaret the Barefooted (1325–1395) Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690) Saint Margaret of Castello (1287–1320)...
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    emblems of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (like devotional scapulars) as Margaret Mary Alacoque did in the past. At the French Revolution in 1789 when all the religious...
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    The feast originated on another 16 June, in 1675. A young nun, Margaret Mary Alacoque, had visions of Christ exposing his heart. During the so-called...
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    "Holy hour" on Thursdays was part of the revelations reported by Margaret Mary Alacoque. Pope Pius VI granted a plenary indulgence for those who would visit...
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    The first personal prayer of consecration was written by Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, who reportedly received Sacred Heart revelations from Jesus Christ...
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    tradition of the Holy Hour devotion dates back to 1673 when Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque stated that she had a vision of Jesus in which she was instructed...
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    Anglican churches. Between 1673 and 1675, most probably 1674, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque stated that she had a vision of the Sacred Heart of Jesus before...
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    depicting the Sacred Heart (top), John the Evangelist (left), Marguerite Marie Alacoque (right), and Gertrude the Great (bottom). Lithograph of Saint Getrude Stained...
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    mystic, Margaret Mary Alacoque who herself made and distributed 'badges' bearing images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation...
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    of Jesus to St Margaret Mary Alacoque under the title of the Sacred Heart. The apparition was said to have occurred when St Margaret prayed to Jesus...
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  • (1644–1693) Jakob Ammann (c.1644-1730) Pierre Poiret (1646–1719) Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–80) Madame Guyon (1648–1717) also known as Jeanne Marie Bouvier...
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    Colombière SJ was a French Jesuit priest best known as the confessor of Margaret Mary Alacoque. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. He was born...
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    in Panisperna before her remains were returned to Sweden. After Queen Margaret of Scandinavia had worked on both Pope Urban VI and his successor for it...
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    of the Five First Saturdays is reminiscent of that reported by Margaret Mary Alacoque in the seventeenth century, which led to the First Friday Devotion...
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    attractions in Paris Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, seer and promoter of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart, promoter...
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    intercession of Saints Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows and Marguerite Marie Alacoque. Galgani had a particular devotion to the Sacred Heart. Shortly after turning...
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  • Adoration Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, As Recommended by Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque O Jesus, meek and humble of heart! Jesus, hear me. From the desire...
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    Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 24 November 2021.  Life of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, written by herself, trans. The Sisters of the Visitation. Roseland...
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    [better source needed] Lúcia heard Mary ask her to learn to read and write because Jesus wanted to employ her to convey messages to the world about Mary, particularly the...
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    life and passion of Jesus Christ, as revealed to her by the Blessed Virgin Mary under religious ecstasy. During her bedridden years, a number of well-known...
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    Montfort, St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, St. Francis de Sales, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Bl. Nicholas Barré, St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort and St...
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    it is widely known for its display of an enshrined relic of St Margaret Mary Alacoque, the French Catholic Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion...
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    His relics and major shrine are found today at the Church of the Virgin Mary in the Paromeos Monastery, a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in Wadi El...
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    composed by the French cleric John Eudes. (Another female religious, Mary Margaret Alacoque, spread the devotion among urban illiterate lay faithful of France...
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