 Together with Maximin Giraud, she was one of the two Marian visionaries of Our Lady of La Salette.Calvat was born on 7 November 1831 in Corps en Isère, France.She was the fourth of ten children to Pierre Calvat, a stonemason and "pitsawyer by trade" who did not hesitate to take whatever job he could find in order to support his family, and Julie Barnaud, his wife.