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Françoise Mezière
BlessedResearched
Born
1745
Died
1794
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Laval in France, Blessed Françoise Mézière, virgin and martyr, who devoted herself to the education of children and the care of the sick and during the French Revolution was killed out of hatred for the faith.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 5 February as a teacher and nurse of Laval killed out of hatred for the faith in the French Revolution.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q22248887 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.