Catherine-Aurélie Caouette

Catherine Aurelia Caouette (1833–1905), also known as Catherine-Aurélie du Précieux-Sang, was a Canadian nun, the founder of the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood.

Early life Aurélie Caouette was born on 11 July 1833 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada (now Quebec). Her father was a blacksmith. She attended the local school, and in 1845 a boarding school run by the Congregation of Notre-Dame nuns. She left in 1850. Jean-Charles Prince, bishop of the diocese of St Hyacinthe, advised her to enter a teaching or nursing community but she did not feel this was her vocation. For some years she lived at home, living a cloistered existence and having religious experiences and visions. She took on the additional name "Catherine" to honour saint Catherine of Alexandria. On 1 December 2016 she was declared to be Venerable.