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Saints of the Month: February
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Saint Joan of Valois
Nun and religious foundress
The 4th of February is the feast day of Saint Joan of Valois
O.Ann.M. (23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505), also known as Joan
of France, Duchess of Berry.
The following is from Butler’s Lives of the Saints:
BORN of the blood royal of France, herself a
queen, Jane of Valois led a life remarkable
for its humiliations even in the annals of the
Saints. Her father, Louis XI., who had hoped
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