Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Saints & hagiography

Nicolle, Louise

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NICOLLE, LOUISE. - Foundress of charitable works and of the Humble Daughters of the Sacred Heart, b. at St-Armand-les-Eaux (diocese of Cambrai) on 9 June 1847, d. on 31 July 1889. She oversaw the founding of the "Patronage des jeunes ouvrières" (1873), the oldest institution of its kind in industrial northern France, of the "Oeuvre des Demoiselles du Lundi" and of the "Oeuvre des dots". In the new house at St-Amand were born the "Oeuvre des cathéchismes", the "Oeuvre des retraites" and finally, with the collaboration of Msgr. G. B. Carlier, the Congregation of the "Humbles Filles du Sacré Coeur" (which in 1921 was absorbed by the female branch of the Dominican Order), where N., in 1888, took her solemn vows. The informative process for beatification was introduced in 1933 at the curia of Cambrai.

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BIBL.: J. B. Carlier, L. N., Paris 1915; M. D. Constant, L. N., précurseur des oeuvres sociales, Juvisy 1933.

Augusto Moreschini

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 1863.

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Moreschini, Augusto. “Nicolle, louise.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 1863. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/nicolle-louise.

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Moreschini, Augusto. “Nicolle, louise.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1863. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/nicolle-louise.

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  author    = {Moreschini, Augusto},
  title     = {Nicolle, louise},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {1863},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/nicolle-louise}
}

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