Martyrs of Anjou

Memorial

• 2 January

Profile

A group of 99 martyrs murdered over the course of a year for refusing to renounce their faith as demanded during the anti-Church excesses of the French Revolution.

• Blessed André Fardeau
• Blessed Anne Hamard
• Blessed Anne Maugrain
• Blessed Anne-François de Villeneuve
• Blessed Antoine Fournier
• Blessed Catherine Cottenceau
• Blessed Charlotte Davy
• Blessed Charlotte Lucas
• Blessed Félicité Pricet
• Blessed François Bellanger
• Blessed François Bonneau
• Blessed François-Louis Chartier
• Blessed François Michau
• Blessed François Micheneau veuve Gillot
• Blessed François Pagis epouse Railleau
• Blessed François Peltier
• Blessed François Suhard veuve Ménard
• Blessed Gabrielle Androuin
• Blessed Guillaume Répin
• Blessed Jacques Laigneau de Langellerie
• Blessed Jacques Ledoyen
• Blessed Jacquine Monnier
• Blessed Jean-Baptiste Lego
• Blessed Jean Ménard
• Blessed Jean-Michel Langevin
• Blessed Jeanne Bourigault
• Blessed Jeanne Fouchard épouse Chalonneau
• Blessed Jeanne-Marie Sailland d’Epinatz
• Blessed Louise Bessay de la Voûte
• Blessed Madeleine Sailland d’Epinatz
• Blessed Marguerite Rivière epouse Huau
• Blessed Marie Anne Pichery épouse Delahaye
• Blessed Marie-Anne Vaillot
• Blessed Marie Lenée épouse Lepage de Varancé
• Blessed Marie Leroy épouse Brevet
• Blessed Marie Roualt épouse Bouju
• Blessed Perrine Besson
• Blessed Perrine-Charlotte Phelippeaux épouse Sailland d’Epinatz
• Blessed Pierre Frémond
• Blessed Renée Martin épouse Martin
• Blessed Renée Valin

Died

• 30 October 1793
• 1 January 1794
• 2 January 1794
• 5 January 1794
• 12 January 1794
• 18 January 1794
• 26 January 1794
• 27 January 1794
• 1 February 1794
• 10 February 1794
• 22 March 1794
• 28 March 1794
• 16 April 1794
• 18 April 1794
• 24 August 1794
• 17 October 1794

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 any of the Martyrs of Anjou, 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

• “Martyrs of Anjou”. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 December 2009. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/martyrs-of-anjou/>