Jacqueline Bouette de Blémur

Jacqueline Bouette de Blémur or Marie-Jacqueline Bouette de Blémur, (8 January 1618 – 24 March 1696 in Chatillon (fr)) known under the name Mère Saint-Benoît, was a 17th-century French Benedictine nun and mystical writer.

As an historian, she wrote several works:

  • L'année bénédictine,[1]
  • Éloges de plusieurs personnes illustres en piété de l'ordre de Saint-Benoît,
  • Vies des saints,[2]
  • Abrégé de la vie de la vénérable mère Charlotte Le Sergent, religieuse de Montmartre, etc.

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