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Iphigénie de Gaillard de la Valdène
Benedictine nun and martyr at Orange
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Feast: 7 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Orange, also in France, Blessed Iphigénie of Saint Matthew (Françoise Marie Suzanne) de Gaillard de la Valdène, virgin of the Order of Saint Benedict and martyr during the French Revolution.
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 7 July as a Benedictine nun martyred at Orange during the French Revolution.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rcfb21b2e — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.