Jeanne de Cambry or Jeanne-Marie de la Présentation (1581–1639) was an ascetic author and religious foundress in the Habsburg Netherlands.
Jeanne was born in Douai on 15 November 1581. Her father was a city councillor of Tournai and her mother, Louise de Guyon, was daughter of Ferry de Guyon. [1] In 1604 she took the habit in the Augustinian Abbey of Saint Nicolas des Prés in Tournai. [1] In 1619 she transferred to Notre Dame de Sion, also in Tournai, but after two years there the bishop, Maximilien Villain, appointed her prioress of Menin hospital, with a brief to reform discipline in the community. [1] She obtained permission to found a new order, the Ladies of the Presentation, with a stricter rule. [1] This was established in Lille on 25 November 1623, with the foundress taking the name Jeanne-Marie de la Présentation. She died in Lille on 19 July 1639. [1]
Her collected works were printed in Tournai in 1665 by the Widow of Adrien Quinqué.
Jeanne de Cambry or Jeanne-Marie de la Présentation (1581–1639) was an ascetic author and religious foundress in the Habsburg Netherlands.
Jeanne was born in Douai on 15 November 1581. Her father was a city councillor of Tournai and her mother, Louise de Guyon, was daughter of Ferry de Guyon. [1] In 1604 she took the habit in the Augustinian Abbey of Saint Nicolas des Prés in Tournai. [1] In 1619 she transferred to Notre Dame de Sion, also in Tournai, but after two years there the bishop, Maximilien Villain, appointed her prioress of Menin hospital, with a brief to reform discipline in the community. [1] She obtained permission to found a new order, the Ladies of the Presentation, with a stricter rule. [1] This was established in Lille on 25 November 1623, with the foundress taking the name Jeanne-Marie de la Présentation. She died in Lille on 19 July 1639. [1]
Her collected works were printed in Tournai in 1665 by the Widow of Adrien Quinqué.