Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Marie-Azélie "Zélie" Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were two married Roman Catholic French laypeople and the parents of Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite nun who was canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church in 1925. On 18 October 2015, they were also canonized as saints, becoming the first spouses in the church's history to be canonized as a couple.
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23 December 1831 Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon, Orne, France
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Died |
28 August 1877 (aged 45)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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