Mary Frances Schervier

Tags: Saint.

The Blessed Mary Frances Schervier S.P.S.F. (8 January 1819 – 14 December 1876) was the foundress of two religious congregations of Religious Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis both committed to serving the neediest of the poor. One the Poor Sisters of St. Francis is based in her native Germany and the other the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor was later formed from its Province in the United States. She was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1974.

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beatified by

Pope Paul VI

beatified place

Rome

birth date

1819-01-03, 1819-01-08

birth place

Aachen, Germany

death date

1876-12-14

death place

Aachen, Germany

venerated in

Poor Sisters of St. Francis, Catholic Church, Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, Poor Brothers of St. Francis