Blessed Françoise Suhard veuve Ménard

Memorial

• 16 April
• 2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou

Profile

Married lay woman of the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution.

Born

• 5 February 1731 in Saint-Gemmes-d’Andigné, Maine-et-Loire, France

Died

• martyred on 16 April 1794 at Avrillé, Maine-et-Loire, France

Venerated

• 9 June 1983 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Françoise, contact
     Diocèse d’Angers
     8, Place Monseigneur-Rumeau
     B.P. 246
     49002 Angers CEDEX 01, FRANCE

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Françoise Suhard veuve Ménard”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 December 2009. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-francoise-suhard-veuve-menard/>