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Tag: Madeleine Sophie Baret
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Madeleine Sophie Barat
St Madeleine Sophie (1779 – 1865) was born two months premature in Joigny, France. It is said that a terrifying wildfire caused her mother to go into early labour. She was baptised the next day because of fears that she would not survive. Her parents were reasonably wealthy; her father owned a vineyard and made…