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2 unusual facts about Bourgeoys


Bourgeoys

Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700), Catholic saint, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame

Marguerite-Bourgeoys, a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada


Huguette Tourangeau

Huguette Tourangeau was born in Montréal, Quebec, and graduated in pedagogy and piano from the Montreal Marguerite-Bourgeoys College, before entering the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal in 1958, where she was a pupil of Ruzena Herlinger (voice), Otto-Werner Mueller (repertory) and Roy Royal (declamation).

Jacqueline Montpetit

During her first term as borough mayor, Montpetit approved funding for an avant-garde sculpture in Marguerite Bourgeoys Park, commemorating the arrival of Marguerite Bourgeoys in Montreal in 1653.


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