March 06 — Saint Colette was born in Corbie in 1381 and died on March 06, 1447, in Gand in Belgium. This period corresponds to the division of the Church better known as the "Great Western Schism" which took place between 1387 and 1417 due to the existence of three popes, one in Rome, another in Avignon and a last one in Pisa.

When her parents died, Nicolette, whose real name is in honour of Nicolas, a miracle worker, entered the crushes of Amiens. Shortly afterwards, she changed congregation and entered the Benedictine nuns of Corbie, which she left again to join the Poor Clares of Montcel in the Oise. Unhappy with the rules which were too lax for her taste, she went as a hermit to Notre-Dame de Corbie.

Colette lived there for three years until Francis of Assisi and Clare called her to reform the rules of life of the congregation. She then left the hermitage and consulted Pope Benedict XIII in Avignon for this mission. The Pope marvelled at the spirituality of this young woman of only 25 years of age, gave her the religious habit and appointed her superior general of the Poor Clares. Colette succeeded in bringing order to all the communities by adopting the original rules of life inherited from the founder, whether in France, Spain, Flanders or Savoy.