Marie de Jésus Deluil-Martiny

Marie Deluil-Martiny (28 May 1841 – 27 February 1884), known in religion as Marie of Jesus, was a French Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus. She was murdered by the convent's gardener in 1884. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1989.

Life Marie Deluil-Martiny was born in Marseille on 28 May 1841, the eldest of five children. Her father, Paul Deluil-Martiny, served in the legal profession. She was baptized hours after her birth with the name "Marie-Caroline-Philomène". She was also the great-niece of the Servant of God Madeleine Rémuzat (1696-1730). Maries education commenced at the age of eleven of which nuns oversaw.

An apostolic process spanned from 1922 until 1924 and both processes received validation from the Congregation of Rites on 3 June 1924. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints received the positio in 1987 and passed it onto consulting theologians for their approval before meeting to discuss the cause themselves. These two groups both met in 1987 and answered in the affirmative. Pope John Paul II declared her to be venerable on 23 October 1987 after confirming that the Deluil-Martiny had lived a life of heroic virtue.

The miracle needed for beatification was investigated where it happened and received validation on 26 February 1988. A medical board assented to the miracle on 9 November 1988 while theologians followed on 7 March 1989 and the Congregation had their vote on 6 June 1989. The pope approved it on 7 September 1989 and beatified her on 22 October 1989.