children's toy, was named after Madeleine Sophie Barat because the first toy went into production on May 25, 1961, St. Sophie's day. Notes Further reading Kilroy RSCJ, Phil, Madeleine Sophie Barat – A Life, Cork University Press, Cork, Ireland, 2000 External links Madeleine Sophie Barat — Catholic Community Forum St. Madeleine Sophie Barat — American Catholic Sophie-Barat-Schule Hamburg,Germany Founder Statue in St Peter's Basilica 1779 births 1865 deaths People from Joigny French Roman Catholic saints Founders of Catholic religious communities 18th-century Christian saints 19th-century Christian saints Incorrupt saints Christian female saints of the Late Modern era 19th-century French nuns