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Saint Germaine Cousin
Also known as: Germaine of Pibrac; Germana…
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day: 15-Jun
Born: 1579 at Pibrac, France
Died: 15 June 1601 in her parents’ home in Pibrac, France, apparently of natural causes; relics interred in the church at Pibrac
Canonized: 29 June 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Beatified: 29 May 1854 by Pope Blessed Pius IX
Biography
Saint Germaine Cousin, born to Laurent Cousin, a farm laborer, and Marie Laroche, endured profound hardship from infancy. Her mother died when she was very young, leaving her vulnerable. Suffering from scrofula and bearing a deformed right hand, she faced relentless neglect
Patron Saint Of
Abandoned people
abuse victims
against bodily ills
against illness
against impoverishment
against poverty
against sickness
child abuse victims
disabled people
girls from rural areas
handicapped people
loss of parents
peasant girls
physically challenged people
poor people
shepherdesses
sick people
unattractive people
victims of abuse
victims of child abuse
young country girls
Representations & Symbols
Girl with a distaff
girl with a sheep
girl with a shepherd‘s crook
girl with a watchdog
girl with flowers in her apron
peasant girl dying alone in poverty
peasant girl tending sheep
peasant girl with flowers falling around her in winter
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