Saint Leonie Aviat

By MHighberger

  • Birth

    Leonie was born September 16, 1844, in Sezanne, France.

  • Beginning religious life

    She attended the Visitation convent school at Troyes when she was eleven

  • Oblate Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales

    on October 11, 1871, she professed first vows in the new congregation she co-founded with Father Brisson called the Oblate Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales

  • Death

    She died on January 10, 1914

  • Canonization

    She was canonized in 2001 and is the most recently canonized member of the Salesian family
    Her feast day is on January 10th