Marie-Elmina Anger (December 24, 1844 – November 5, 1901) was a

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nun and artist in

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. She was also known as Sister Marie de Jésus.

Biography

The daughter of Séraphin Anger and Rose de Lima Anger, she was born in Pointe-aux-Trembles (later Neuville),

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. She was educated by the

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. She became a novice in 1860 and took her vows three years later. She was first assigned to teaching but, after her talent for painting was discovered, she began taking private lessons with a portrait artist Eugène Hamel. She painted more than sixty canvases on religious themes which can be found in churches in Quebec, Ontario and

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. She also painted portraits of prominent Quebec religious figures, including Marie-Josephte Fitzbach, the founder of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Quebec,

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, Émilie Tavernier, Marie-Anne-Marcelle Mallet, Archbishop

Charles-François Baillargeon Charles-François Baillargeon (; April 26, 1798 – October 13, 1870) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and archbishop. Biography He was from Lower Canada and studied at the Collège de Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Collège de N ...

, Archbishop

Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau (; February 17, 1820 – April 12, 1898) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1871 until his death in 1898. The first Canadian cardinal, he was elevated to the ...

and Charles-Félix Cazeau. She died in Quebec City at the age of 56.

References

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