Jeanne de Cambry

[1] In 1604 she took the habit in the Augustinian Abbey of Saint Nicolas des Prés [fr] in Tournai.

[1] In 1619 she transferred to Notre Dame de Sion, also in Tournai, but after two years there the bishop, Maximilien Villain, appointed her prioress of Menin hospital, with a brief to reform discipline in the community.

[1] She obtained permission to found a new order, the Ladies of the Presentation, with a stricter rule.

[1] This was established in Lille on 25 November 1623, with the foundress taking the name Jeanne-Marie de la Présentation.

[1] Her collected works were printed in Tournai in 1665 by the Widow of Adrien Quinqué.