Mother Frances Alice Monica Forbes, RSCJ, a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart from Scotland and a religious author. She was born in 1869 into a Presbyterian family. Her mother died when she was a child. In 1900 she became a Roman Catholic. Only a few months later, she entered the Society of the Sacred Heart, as a 31-year-old postulant.
She wrote numerous books, including brief biographies of Ignatius Loyola, John Bosco, Teresa of Ávila, Saint Columba, Saint Monica, Saint Athanasius, Catherine of Siena, Saint Benedict, Hugh of Lincoln, Vincent de Paul, and, most famously, Pope Pius X.
Scottish Religious Sister and biographer
| Born | 1869 |
| Died | 1936 |
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Scottish Religious Sister and biographer
| Born | 1869 |
| Died | 1936 |
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Biography, Christian saints, Catholic Church, History, Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, d. 373, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Catholic Church in Scotland, Dominicans, Institutions & Organizations, Jesuits, Martyrs, Meditations, Monica, saint, -387, RELIGION, Reformation, Religion, Religious, Salesians, Society of the Sacred Heart, University of Aberdeen, White FathersPeople
Pius X Pope (1835-1914), Athanasius Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 373), Benedict Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Catherine of Siena, Saint (1347-1380), Columba Saint (521-597), David Beaton (1494-1546), F. A. Forbes (1869-1936), F. A. Forbes Mother, Giovanni Bosco Saint (1815-1888), John Hamilton (1511?-1571), John Leslie (1527-1596), John Ogilvie (1580?-1615), John Ogilvie (ca. 1580-1615), John Ogilvie Saint (1580?-1615), Margaret Sinclair (1900-1925), Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint, Mary Francis of the Five Wounds Sister (1900-1925), Mary Queen, consort of James V, King of Scotland (1515-1560), Monica Saint (d. 387), Ninian Winzet (1518-1592), Paul the Apostle, Saint, Quintin Kennedy (1520-1564), Raphael Merry del Val (1865-1930), Siméon Lourdel (1864-1899), Vincent de Paul Saint (1581-1660)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL9397002A
- ISNI: 0000000071390174
- VIAF: 33013762
- Wikidata: Q5423799
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q5423799
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Alternative names
- Frances Alice Monica Forbes
- Forbes, F. A. Mother.
- F A. 1869-1936 Forbes
- F. A. FORBES
- F. A Forbes
- F. A. Forbes
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