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French Roman Catholic nun (–)

Mary of Saint Peter (French: Marie de Saint-Pierre; 4 October &#;– 8 July ) was a Discalced Carmelitenun who lived in Tours, France.

She is best known for starting the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus which is now one of the approved Catholic devotions and for The Golden Arrow prayer.

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She also introduced the "Little Sachet" sacramental.

Life

Marie was born on 4 October in Rennes, region of Brittany, to Peter and Frances Portier Eluere, and baptized in the Church of St.

Germain. As a child she was called Perrine. Her mother died when she was twelve and she was sent to learn dressmaking with two of her paternal aunts. On 13 November she entered the Carmelite Monastery of Tours, France, which had a particular devotion to the Sacred Heart.

Perrine had a special devotion to the Holy Infancy of Jesus. She was professed as a Discalced Carmelite nun under the name Mary of Saint Peter and of the Holy Family (French: Sœur Ma