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About St. Germaine Cousin
1579 – 1601 · Feast June 15 · Laywoman / Mystic
French shepherdess (1579-1601) of Pibrac near Toulouse; physically deformed and abused by her stepmother, lived in the stable, and tended sheep with simple and continuous prayer. Found dead at 22; her body was found incorrupt in 1644, prompting a popular cultus. Canonized 1867 by Pius IX.
St. Germaine Cousin is the patron saint of Disabled, Abuse Victims, Abused Children, Shepherdesses and Illness.
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