Blessed Josephine Leroux

Also known as
Ann Joseph Leroux
Ann-Joseph Leroux
Memorial
23 October
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Ursuline nun at Valenciennes, taking the name Josephine. When the convents were suppressed in the French Revolution, she fled to Mons in Hainault. Returned to Valenciennes in 1793. She and many of her sisters were arrested in 1794 for the crime of faith. Martyred with ten other Ursulines whose names have not come down to us.
Born
1747 at Cambrai, France as Ann-Joseph Leroux
Died
guillotined in 1794
Name Meaning
whom the Lord adds (Joseph)
Beatified
1920
Canonized
pending
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