Marie-Marguerite d'Youville

Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville SGM
Portrait, McCord Stewart Museum
Born	Marie-Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais (1701-10-15)October 15, 1701 Varennes, Canada, New France
Died	December 23, 1771(1771-12-23) (aged 70) Montreal, Province of Quebec, British North America
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	May 3, 1959, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, by Pope John XXIII
Canonized	December 9, 1990, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II
Feast	October 16
Attributes	Religious habit

Marguerite d'Youville, SGM (French pronunciation: [maʁɡʁit djuvil]; October 15, 1701 – December 23, 1771) was a French Canadian widow who founded the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the "Grey Nuns". She was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1990, becoming the first native-born Canadian to be declared a saint.