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title: "St. Julie Billiart: Feast Day April 8 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-julie-billiart/
description: "St. Julie Billiart, Religious. Remembered on April 8, died 1816. Read their life in Bless."
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Religious · Remembered on April 8

# St. Julie Billiart

St. Julie Billiart is remembered on April 8 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [April 8](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/#8) |
| Title | Religious |
| Died | 1816 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Thursday, April 8, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-julie-billiart/#calendar) |

## Life

A Picard farm girl, catechist from childhood, paralyzed for twenty-two years and hunted through the Revolution for hiding priests. Cured at fifty-three, when she was asked to take a step for the Sacred Heart and walked, she founded the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur for the education of poor girls, with the conviction that carried her through everything: how good the good God is.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Julie Billiart. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Thursday, April 8, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/08/) | Thursday of the Second Week of Easter | White | Acts 5:27-33 · Psalm 34:2 and 9, 17-18, 19-20 · John 20:29 · John 3:31-36 |
| [Saturday, April 8, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/04/08/) | Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent | Violet | Ezekiel 37:21-28 · Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 · Ezekiel 18:31 · John 11:45-56 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[April 7 St. John Baptist de la Salle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-baptist-de-la-salle/) [April 9 St. Waldetrude](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-waldetrude/)

[All the saints of April](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/) [Born on April 8?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#04-08) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Julie Billiart

Remembered on April 8

On this page

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

In the app

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