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Marie of the Incarnation, OCD, also known as Madame Acarie (1 February 1566–18 April 1618), was the foundress of the Discalced Carmel in France and later became an extern sister of the order.
This is Barbe AVRILLOT, wife of Pierre ACARIE, born in Paris on February 1, 1566 and died in Pontoise on April 18, 1618. A woman in the world, married, 6 children, who has heroically faced great trials, she is “the main initiator of Carmel in France”.
BLESSED MARY OF THE INCARNATION – Carmelite Sisters of Ireland. Also known as Madame Barbe Acrie. 1566 – 1618. She was born Barbe Avrillot on February 1st 1566 and baptised the next day. Her father, Nicholas Avrillot, was accountant general in the Chamber of Paris and chancellor to Queen Margaret of Valois.
Mary Of The Incarnation was a mystic whose activity and influence in religious affairs inspired most of the leading French ecclesiastics of her time. Although Mary wished to be a nun, her parents insisted that she marry (1582) Pierre Acarie, vicomte de Villemore.
May 19, 2022 · Continuing the Carmelite (or mother of Carmelites, in the case of Zélie) theme, I recently learned about Blessed Marie of the Incarnation, born Barbe Avrillot in 1566 to a family of high standing in France.
On 22 February 1639, Marie de 1'Incarnation, accompanied by a young sister of 22 years, Marie de Saint-Joseph, left her monastery for ever. She had no inkling of the shock that awaited her at Orleans: Claude, warned by aunt Buisson, stopped his mother and tried to prevent her from leaving.
Brought the Discalced Carmelites of Saint Teresa to France, founding five houses between 1604 and 1609. Widowed at 47. Carmelite lay sister in 1613 at Amiens, France, taking the name Mary of the Incarnation. Spiritual student of Saint Francis de Sales.
