Blessed Rose Quenion

Memorial

• 1 February
• 2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou

Profile

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

Born

• 20 January 1764 in Mozé-sur-Louet, Maine-et-Loire, France

Died

• 1 February 1794 in 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 Rose, 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, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Rose Quenion”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 December 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-rose-quenion/>