| LC control no. | n 83033654 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Javouhey, Anne Marie, 1779-1851 |
| Variant(s) | Anne Marie, Mother, 1779-1851 |
| Associated country | France |
| Associated place | Senegal |
| Birth date | 17791111 |
| Death date | 18510715 |
| Place of birth | Jallanges (France) |
| Place of death | France |
| Affiliation | Institute of Saint Joseph of Cluny at Cabillon |
| Profession or occupation | Missionaries Nuns |
| Found in | Goyan, G. Un grand ... 1929. Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey, c1995: p. 3 (b. 11-10-1779, Jallanges, France) p. 125 (d. 7-15-1851) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Javouhey, Anne-Marie; saint, missionary; born 11 November 1779 in Jallanges, France; was a fervent believer as an adolescent and had a strong desire to become a nun (1796); was a pioneer of Catholicism in Senegal, Gambia and Sierra Leone; stayed with several different orders (1790s -1805), established her own religious order, the Institute of Saint Joseph of Cluny at Cabillon (1805); came to Senegal (1822); reorganized hospitals in the British colonies of The Gambia and Sierra Leone (mid-1820s); became known in Guiana and France alike as the “mother of the blacks”; she was canonised in 1961; died 15 July 1851 in France) |
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