> [[09-figures|↑ Back to TOC]] # Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified, Baouardy ## Biography Saint Mary (Mariam) of Jesus Crucified was born of the Baouardy family, Catholics of the Greek Melkite Rite, at Abellin in Galilee in 1846. In 1867 Mariam entered the Discalced Carmelites at Pau in France and was sent with the founding group to the Carmel of Mangalore in India where, in 1870, she made her profession. Mariam returned to France in 1872. In 1875 she went to the Holy Land where she built a monastery in Bethlehem and began planning for another at Nazareth. Noted for her supernatural gifts, especially for humility, for her devotion to the Holy Spirit, and her great love for the Church and the Pope, Mariam died at Bethlehem in 1878. She was beatified by John Paul II on November 13, 1983, and canonized by Pope Francis on May 17, 2015. *Source: OCD Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours, August 25* ## Notes - virgin m 136 - see also: https://www.carmelitesisters.ie/blessed-mary-of-jesus-crucified-miriam-baouardy/ - [[08-25-st-mary-of-jesus-crucified|OCD Proper]]