 | Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665 Subjects: Bourgeoys Marguerite Saint 1620-1700; Christian saints -- Canada -- Biography; Nuns -- Quebec (Province) -- Biography; Canada -- History -- To 1663 (New France); Montréal (Quebec) -- History; St Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700), canonized in 1982, is a key figure in Canadian and religious history as a founder of Montreal and of the international order the Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal, one of the first uncloistered religious communiti Simpson Patricia : Patricia Simpson is coordinator of research services at the Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum in Old Montreal, the author of Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665, and co-author of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours: A Chapel and Its Neighbourhood. |
