Catherine Labouré

Catherine Labouré, DC was a French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and a Marian visionary. She is believed to have relayed the request from the Blessed Virgin Mary to create the Miraculous Medal, now worn by millions of people around the world. Labouré spent forty years caring for the aged and infirm. For this, she is called the patroness of seniors.

2 May 1806

Born on the same birth day (2 May): David Rocastle • Eleanor of Viseu • Jacques Rogge • Jane Miller Thengberg • Jeff Gutt • Joe Wilkinson • John André • Michael Grandage • Otto Staudinger • Tim Borowski • Vernon and Irene Castle

Born in the same month (May 1806): Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland • Johan Vilhelm Snellman • John Stuart Mill