Colette of Corbie
Saint Colette of Corbie, P.C.C. | |
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Saint Colette (detail of Saint Clare and Saint Colette, c. 1520, by the Master of Lourinhã; National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal) | |
| Virgin and Foundress | |
| Born | Nicole Boellet 13 January 1381 Corbie, County of Amiens, Duchy of Burgundy |
| Died | 6 March 1447 (aged 66) Ghent, County of Flanders, Duchy of Burgundy |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church (Franciscan Order) |
| Beatified | 23 January 1740 by Pope Clement XII |
| Canonized | 24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII |
| Feast | 6 March (7 February for the Franciscan Order) |
| Patronage | women seeking to conceive, expectant mothers and sick children |
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Colette of Corbie, PCC (13 January 1381 – 6 March 1447) 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. She is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church. Due to a number of miraculous events claimed during her life, she is venerated as a patron saint of women seeking to conceive, expectant mothers, and sick children.