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'''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]].<ref>Andre Vauchez, ''Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages'' (2001 translation), p. 907.</ref> This account helped gain papal approval for the Beguines.<ref>William Westcott Kibler, ''Medieval France: An Encyclopedia'' (1995), p. 484.</ref> She was married to Jean de Nivelle.<ref name="Tolan2009">{{cite book|last=Tolan|first=John Victor|title=Saint Francis and the Sultan: The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZWpLOk4hdaMC&pg=PA21|accessdate=28 July 2012|date=15 May 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-923972-6|pages=21–}}</ref> She lived near the [[Oignies Abbey]].
'''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]].<ref>Andre Vauchez, ''Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages'' (2001 translation), p. 907.</ref>

==Life==
According to her ''Life'' Mary of Oignies was born to a wealthy family.

She was married at the age of fourteen to Jean de Nivelle,<ref name="Tolan2009">{{cite book|last=Tolan|first=John Victor|title=Saint Francis and the Sultan: The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZWpLOk4hdaMC&pg=PA21|accessdate=28 July 2012|date=15 May 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-923972-6|pages=21–}}</ref> but convinced her husband to take a vow of chastity. Together, they nursed lepers. Mary became famous for her good works and her mystical tendencies. So many people came to visit her that she was forced to retire to a cell near the monastery at Oignies, living as a hermit. Mary received many visions from God, experienced ecstasy and wept uncontrollably when meditating on the Passion of Christ. She did not eat meat, dressed in white clothes, and mortified her flesh in acts of penance.<ref>[http://college.holycross.edu/projects/kempe/related/oignies.htm "Mapping Margery Kempe", College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts]</ref>

Her life was recorded as early as 1215 by her confessor, Jacques de Vitry. This account helped gain papal approval for the Beguines.<ref>William Westcott Kibler, ''Medieval France: An Encyclopedia'' (1995), p. 484.</ref>


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

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Blessed Marie of Oignies
Born1177
Nivelles, Belgium
DiedJune 23, 1213
Oignies, France
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Major shrinechurch of Saint Nicholas at Nivelles, Belgium
FeastJune 23
Attributesprotected from rain by the Virgin Mary sheltering her with her mantle
Patronageagainst 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]

Life

According to her Life Mary of Oignies was born to a wealthy family.

She was married at the age of fourteen to Jean de Nivelle,[2] but convinced her husband to take a vow of chastity. Together, they nursed lepers. Mary became famous for her good works and her mystical tendencies. So many people came to visit her that she was forced to retire to a cell near the monastery at Oignies, living as a hermit. Mary received many visions from God, experienced ecstasy and wept uncontrollably when meditating on the Passion of Christ. She did not eat meat, dressed in white clothes, and mortified her flesh in acts of penance.[3]

Her life was recorded as early as 1215 by her confessor, Jacques de Vitry. This account helped gain papal approval for the Beguines.[4]

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. ^ Tolan, John Victor (15 May 2009). Saint Francis and the Sultan: The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter. Oxford University Press. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-0-19-923972-6. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Mapping Margery Kempe", College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
  4. ^ William Westcott Kibler, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia (1995), p. 484.

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