Sister Mary Francis de Sales | |
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| Born | Mary Catherine Chase July 1, 1835 or July 1, 1836 Pepperell, Massachusetts |
| Died | c. 1905 |
| Pen name | Winnie Rover; F. M. Edselas |
| Occupation | writer, Roman Catholic nun of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Mount Holyoke College; State Normal School |
Mary Catherine Chase (religious, Sister Mary Francis de Sales, of the Sisters of the Visitation; pen names, Winnie Rover and F. M. Edselas; 1835 – c. 1905) was a 19th-century American Catholic nun and writer. A fervent Episcopalian for years, she was later influenced by a Catholic woman and entered an enclosed order. Starting in 1874, she wrote under the pen name "Winnie Rover", switching to "F. M. Edselas" in 1892, when she became a frequent contributor of reminiscences of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and other great writers.[1]
- ^ Rosary Press 1908, p. 89.