Saint Germaine, shepherdess of Pibrac

Saint Germaine Cousin was born around 1579 in Pibrac, a village near Toulouse, France. She suffered from a withered right hand and was afflicted with scrofula, and after her mother's early death she was treated with great cruelty by her stepmother. Despite poverty and neglect, she worked as a shepherdess and was noted for her deep piety, her devotion to the Rosary, and her charity toward the poor. She died around 1601 at a young age. Her body was later found incorrupt, and she was canonized by Pope Pius IX in 1867.