Saint Colette (13 January 1381 – 6 March 1447) born Nicole Boellet (or Boylet) was a French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare better known as the Poor Clares. Due to a number of miraculous events claimed during her life she is venerated as the patron saint of women seeking to conceive expectant mothers and sick children.
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