Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Catholic nun known for her mystical experiences with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Born on June 22, 1647, and died on October 17, 1690, she had a profound impact on the devotion to the Sacred Heart in the late 17th-century French religious context.
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