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title: "St. Joan Delanoue: Feast Day August 17 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-delanoue/
description: "St. Joan Delanoue, Virgin. Remembered on August 17, died 1736. Read their life in Bless."
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Virgin · Remembered on August 17

# St. Joan Delanoue

St. Joan Delanoue is remembered on August 17 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [August 17](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/#17) |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1736 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, August 17, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-delanoue/#calendar) |

## Life

A shopkeeper of Saumur who kept her religious-goods store open even on Sundays for profit — until a strange pilgrim woman’s words pierced her. She closed the shop, filled her house with orphans, and founded the Sisters of St. Anne of Providence; the town that had mocked ‘the miser’ buried her as its mother.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Joan Delanoue. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, August 17, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/17/) | Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Judges 6:11-24a · Psalm 85:9, 11-12, 13-14 · 2 Corinthians 8:9 · Matthew 19:23-30 |
| [Thursday, August 17, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/17/) | Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Ezekiel 12:1-12 · Psalm 78:56-57, 58-59, 61-62 · Psalm 119:135 · Matthew 18:21—19:1 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[August 16 St. Stephen of Hungary](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stephen-of-hungary/) [August 18 St. Helena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-helena/)

[All the saints of August](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/) [Born on August 17?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#08-17) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Joan Delanoue

Remembered on August 17

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-delanoue/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-delanoue/#calendar)

In the app

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