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St. Leonie Aviat

Prioress general of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales

Current Church statusSaint
Feast / commemorationJanuary 10
Remembered asPrioress general of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales
BirthplaceSézanne
Country / regionFrance
Period1844–1914
Religious familyOblates of St. Francis de Sales

Life and historical setting

Leonie Aviat (1844–1914) is remembered in the Church as prioress general of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Sézanne.

Documented offices and forms of service associated with Leonie Aviat include religious, nun, founder of Catholic religious community. The religious family connected with this vocation is Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.

Leonie Aviat's leadership included to the closing of many congregation houses in France. Leonie Aviat's earthly life ended there on Jan.

The enduring witness of Leonie Aviat is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, teaching and sacred learning, and pastoral and ecclesial leadership. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

Vocation and witness

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Gospel encounter and discipleship

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Teaching and sacred learning

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Pastoral and ecclesial leadership

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Religious life and community

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Sharing the faith

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Spiritual legacy

The enduring witness of Leonie Aviat is especially connected with gospel encounter and discipleship, teaching and sacred learning, and pastoral and ecclesial leadership. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

Prayerful reflection

God of holiness, through the witness of Leonie Aviat, strengthen us in patient teaching, evangelization, and the faithful transmission of the Catholic faith. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.

Historical and liturgical note

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Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

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