Jeanne Sailland d'Espinatz
martyr at Avrillé
Feast: 1 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Avrillé near Angers in France, the passion of Blesseds Marie Vaillot and forty-six companions, martyrs, who, in the time of the Terror during the French Revolution, won the crown of martyrdom. Among those named is Blessed Jeanne Sailland d'Espinatz, sister of Blesseds Madeleine and Perrine Sailland d'Espinatz.
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 1 February as one of the forty-seven women martyred at Avrillé near Angers in the Terror of the French Revolution, listed as sister of Blesseds Madeleine and Perrine Sailland d'Espinatz.
Connected on this site
- Perrine Sailland d'Espinatz Blessed“Among those named is Blessed Jeanne Sailland d'Espinatz, sister of Blesseds Madeleine and Perrine Sailland d'Espinatz.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 1 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R88d0bd11 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.