Marie Laveau
Marie Laveau | |
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| Marie Laveaux | |
| Born | Marie Catherine Laveau September 10, 1801 |
| Died | June 15, 1881 (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1 |
| Occupation(s) | Occultist, voodoo priestess, midwife, nurse, herbalist |
| Spouse |
Jacques Paris
(m. 1819; died 1823) |
| Partner |
Christophe Glapion (died 1855) |
| Parents |
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Marie Catherine Laveau (September 10, 1801 – June 15, 1881) was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, an herbalist, and a midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II (1827 – c. 1862), also practiced rootwork, conjure, and Native American and African spiritualism, as well as Louisiana Voodoo and traditional Roman Catholicism. An alternate spelling of her name, Laveaux (a plural), is considered by historians to be from the original French spelling.