Blessed Madeleine Fontaine
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- Memorial
- 27 June
- Profile
- Joined the Sister of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in 1748.
Superior of the convent at Arras in 1767.
Arrested with three of her sisters in 1794 by French Revolutionaries.
When they refused to take the Oath of the Constitution, they were accused of counter-revolutionary activity, tried at Cambrai, and sentenced to death.
Martyred with
Blessed Teresa Fantou,
Blessed Francoise Lanel, and
Blessed Joan Gerard.
- Born
- 1723 at Etepagny, France
- Died
- guillotined in 1794 at Cambrai, France
- Beatified
- June 1920 by Pope Benedict XV
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
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