Jacqueline Pascal (
October 4 1625–
October 4 1661), sister of
Blaise Pascal, was born at
Clermont-Ferrand,
Auvergne,
France.She was a prodigy, composing verses when only eight years old, and a five-act comedy at eleven. In 1646 the influence of her brother converted her to
Jansenism. In 1652, she took the veil, despite the strong opposition of her brother, and subsequently was largely instrumental in the latter's own final conversion. She vehemently opposed the attempt to compel the assent of the
nuns to the
Papal bulls condemning Jansenism, but was at last compelled to yield. This blow, however, hastened her death, which occurred at
Paris on the
4 October 1661.
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