Marie Pius of Christ the King, Sr., O.S.C.

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Person

Authorized form of name

Marie Pius of Christ the King, Sr., O.S.C.

Other form(s) of name

  • Sr. Marie Pius of Christ the King

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History

Sr. Marie Pius writes from the Monastery of Saint Clare in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the first African-American admitted to the Poor Clares in the United States. She was suffering from a terminal illness at the time of writing to Merton.