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SAINT COLETTE Nicolette DeBoilet was delivered into the loving arms of her parents on January 13, 1381. They immediately began to affectionately call her Colette. Her father, Robert DeBoilet, was the carpenter of the famous Benedictine Abbey of Corbie; her mother's name was Marguerite Moyon. Because Colette's parents were near 60 at her birth, she was orphaned at age 17; and she distributed her entire inheritance amongst the poor. Colette was left in the care of a Benedictine abbot. …

…observance of perpetual fast and abstinence. Colette is known for her deep devotion to Christ's Passion with an appreciation and care for animals; as well as fasting on Fridays while meditating on the Passion. After receiving Holy Communion, she would fall into ecstasies for hours. She foretold her own death in the convent at Ghent, Belgium. She died on March 6, 1447 at Ghent, Flanders of natural causes. Colette was beatified on January 23, 1740 and canonized on May 24, 1807.