Vefa de Saint-Pierre | |
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| Born | Geneviève de Méhérenc de Saint-Pierre 4 May 1872 Plian, France |
| Died | 1967 Sant-Brieg, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Brug ar Menez Du (Heather of the Black Mountains) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, explorer |
| Spouse | Joseph-Marie Potiron de Boisfleury |
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Vefa de Saint-Pierre, born Geneviève de Méhérenc de Saint-Pierre (or Vefa Sant-Pêr in the Breton language), or Brug ar Menez Du (bardic name) was a Breton explorer, reporter and author, born in Plian, France, on 4 May 1872 and died in Sant-Brieg in 1967.
She was the daughter of Count Henri de Méhérenc de Saint-Pierre and Marie Espivent de La Villesboisnet, a "pure heiress of the Breton nobility" and born in a castle in the Côtes-d'Armor.[1] By turns a nun, reporter, novelist, author of poetry and youth fiction, Saint-Pierre was a global voyager and hunter travelling across North and South America and Australia who wrote enthusiastically about her adventures.[2]
- ^ "Véfa de Saint-Pierre comtesse rebelle". Le Telegramme (in French). 2000-05-09. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "Vefa de Saint-Pierre". Calendrier de l'avent du domaine public 📚 Édition québécoise (in Canadian French). 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
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