Tag: Who were Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin?

St Louis Martin (1823–1894) was born the third of five children in Bordeaux, France. All of his brothers and sisters died before the age of 30. In his youth, St Louis wanted to join the Augustinian Order but was refused because he hadn’t studied Latin. Instead, he married St Marie Guérin (1831-1877). They had nine…