Sr Marie-Céline “Geneviève de la Sainte-Face” Martin (1869-1959)

Sr Marie-Céline “Geneviève de la Sainte-Face” Martin

Birth

28 Apr 1869

Alencon, Departement de l'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France

Death

25 Feb 1959 (aged 89)

Lisieux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

Burial

Carmel of Lisieux

Lisieux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map

Memorial ID

View Source

Sr Genevieve of the Holy Face, OCD
(Marie-Céline Martin)

Marie-Céline Martin was born in Alençon, France on April 28, 1869. Céline was the seventh-born child of nine children of Louis and Azélie Martin.

-Marie Louise
(Sr Marie of the Sacred Heart OCD)
22 February 1860 – 19 January 1940

-Marie Pauline
(Mere Agnès of Jesus OCD)
7 September 1861 – 28 July 1951

-Marie Léonie
(Sr Françoise-Thérèse VHM)
3 June 1863 – 16 June 1941

-Marie Hélène
3 October 1864 – 22 February 1870

-Joseph Louis
20 September 1866 – 14 February 1867

-Joseph Jean-Baptiste
19 December 1867 – 24 August 1868

-Marie Céline
(Sr Geneviève of the Holy Face OCD)
28 April 1869 – 25 February 1959

-Marie Mélanie-Thérèse
16 August 1870 – 8 October 1870

-Marie Françoise-Thérèse
(Sr Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face OCD)
2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897 - canonised in 1925