Anne-Marie Rivier

Marie Rivier (19 December 1768 – 3 February 1838) was a French Catholic religious sister and the foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary. Rivier's focus was on education and she opened a school just before the beginning of the French Revolution which saw her school confiscated. The end of the revolution allowed for her to resume her educational inclinations and she also founded her religious order to take care of the education of orphans and other children who needed education.

Her beatification process began in mid-1853 under Pope Pius IX who referred to her as "The Woman-Apostle" while naming her a Servant of God. Pope Leo XIII later named her to be Venerable in 1890 while Pope John Paul II later beatified her in 1982. She was canonized by Pope Francis on 15 May 2022 in Rome.

Life Marie Rivier (known as "Marinette" to her parents) was born on 19 December 1768 in Montpezat-sous-Bauzon in Ardèche as the third of four children to Jean Rivier and his wife. Her baptism was celebrated that month before Christmas with her grandmother acting as her sponsor. The confirmation of her heroic virtue led Pope Leo XIII to name Rivier as Venerable on 13 June 1890. The confirmation of a miracle attributed to her allowed for Pope John Paul II to preside over her beatification on 23 May 1982.

Rivier was canonized on 15 May 2022 by Pope Francis.