Mary Frances Schervier
Frances Schervier TOSF | |
|---|---|
| Religious | |
| Born | Maria Franziska Schervier 3 January 1819 Aachen, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 14 December 1876 (aged 57) Aachen, German Empire |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 28 April 1974, Rome, Italy by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 15 December |
| Attributes | Religious habit |
| Patronage | Aachen |
Mary Frances Schervier, TOSF (3 January 1819 – 14 December 1876) was a German Catholic nun who founded two 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.
Schervier was beatified by Pope Paul VI in 1974.