Marie of Oignies

Blessed Marie of Oignies
Born	1177 Nivelles, Belgium
Died	June 23, 1213 Oignies, France
Honored in	Roman Catholic Church
Major shrine	church of Saint Nicholas at Nivelles, Belgium
Feast	June 23
Attributes	protected from rain by the Virgin Mary sheltering her with her mantle
Patronage	against fever, women in labour

Marie of Oignies (born Nivelles, now Belgium, 1177, died 1213) was a Beguine, known from the Life written by Jacques de Vitry, for Fulk of Toulouse.^[1] This account helped gain papal approval for the Beguines.^[2]

She is beatified in the Catholic Church, with the feast day of June 23.

References

• Margot H. King and Hugh Feiss (translators), Two Lives of Marie d'Oignies, by Jacques de Vitry and Thomas de Cantimpré (4th edition, 1998).
• Vera von der Osten-Sacken, Jakob von Vitrys Vita Mariae Oigniacensis. Zu Herkunft und Eigenart der ersten Beginen, (=Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte 223), Göttingen 2010. English Summary: p. 233-235.

Notes

1. ^ Andre Vauchez, Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (2001 translation), p. 907.
2. ^ William Westcott Kibler, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia (1995), p. 484.

External links

• Vita, online Latin text

Persondata
Name	Marie Of Oignies
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1177
Place of birth	Nivelles, Belgium
Date of death	June 23, 1213
Place of death	Oignies, France