Who was Saint Pacific, and how did her bones end up in the Church of the Nativity? In all likelihood, her name was no accident. History has it that this young Roman practitioner had the gift not only of calming conflict, but also of calming… floods. A talent, let’s face it, that comes in very handy in a place like Laprairie, which has to contend with major overflows of the St. Lawrence River every spring.
It was Monseigneur Bourget who brought his remains back from Rome in 1870. They now stand beside a life-size recumbent statue of Sainte Pacifique at her eternal rest. We can admire it and say to ourselves that this woman, who embodied peace, rests in her turn… in peace.