Blessed Rosalie du Verdier de la Sorinière

Also known as

• Sœur Saint Celeste

Memorial

• 27 January
• 2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou

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Our Lady of Calvary Benedictine nun of the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution.

Born

• 12 August 1745 in Saint-Pierre de Chemillé, Maine-et-Loire, France

Died

• 27 January 1794 in Angers, 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 Rosalie, 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 Rosalie du Verdier de la Sorinière”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 December 2009. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-rosalie-du-verdier-de-la-soriniere/>