Marie-Léonie Paradis
Marie-Léonie Paradis, PSSF (12 May 1840 – 3 May 1912) was a French-Canadian Catholic religious sister from Quebec who established the Little Sisters of the Holy Family in 1880, dedicated to the domestic needs in the field of education across Canada.
Pope John Paul II beatified her when he visited Canada in 1984 and she was canonized in October 2024 by Pope Francis.
In the Martyrology
- May 3 Saint Marie-Léonie Paradis, virgin, founder of the Poor Sisters of the Holy Family