Catherine Jarrige (4 October 1754 – 4 July 1836) – known as Catinon Menette in her local dialect – was a French Roman Catholic and Dominican tertiary who was beatified in 1996.

Jarrige spent her childhood on her farm in Cantal until the death of her mother prompted her to begin lacemaking in Mauriac.

[2] Jarrige spent all her life providing for the spiritual and material needs of the poor, and she went about collecting alms for them and inspiring the most reticent to awaken their conscience.

Jarrige also procured vestments for them in secret as well as wine and wafers to celebrate Mass, risking her life many times.

On one occasion she disguised a priest as a peasant to smuggle him out of the area, dousing him with wine to create the illusion that he was drunk.

Her spiritual writings were approved by theologians on 12 January 1921, and her cause was formally opened by Pope Pius XI on 12 June 1929, granting her the title of Servant of God.

[5] The confirmation of her life of heroic virtue on 16 January 1953 allowed Pope Pius XII to title her as venerable.

Pope John Paul II beatified Jarrige in Saint Peter's Square on 24 November 1996 after he confirmed a miracle attributed to her.