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Bl. Joan of Toulouse, Mar. 31


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Very little is known about Bl. Joan of Toulouse's early life, but we do know that she was accepted into the Carmelite order in 1225. She was the founder of the first tertiary Carmelite order and schooled boys for preparing to enter the Carmelites.

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