Raïssa Maritain
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Raïssa Oumansoff Maritain (1883-1960) was a Russia
n-Ukrainian
poet and philosopher. She emigrated to France
and studied at the Sorbonne
, where she met the young Jacques Maritain
, also a philosopher, whom she married in 1904. She was raised Jewish
but, following a period in which she considered herself an atheist, converted to Roman Catholicism with her husband in 1906.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n-Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
poet and philosopher. She emigrated to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and studied at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
, where she met the young Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a Protestant, he converted to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive St. Thomas Aquinas for modern times and is a prominent drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
, also a philosopher, whom she married in 1904. She was raised Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
but, following a period in which she considered herself an atheist, converted to Roman Catholicism with her husband in 1906.