Pauline Jaricot

1862-2012

Pauline’s Story Begins…

Baptized Marie Pauline Jaricot on the day of her birth (July 22, 1799), she was the last child born to Antoine and Jeanne Jaricot in Lyons, Frances. The couple had seven children, including son, Phileas, who arrived two years earlier, on February 2, 1797. (Pauline’s older brother would be very influential in her life – nurturing her love for the Missions.)

Pauline wrote of her parents: “Happy are those who have received from their parents the first seeds of faith…. Be praised Lord, for giving me a just man for a father and a virtuous and charitable woman as a mother.”

Lyons, Pauline’s hometown, was an industrial city that became famous for its silk factories. Her family were silk merchants, a bourgeois family of that French city. While the early years of her childhood were marked by the exclusive society life of Lyons, something would happen as a teenager that would open her heart to the whole world.

Jeanne and Antoine Jaricot, parents of Pauline

House in which Pauline was born, 16 rue Tupin, Lyons

Pauline's Birth Certificate

Next... Pauline's Vision For the Missions