Madeleine Fontaine

Who they were

At Cambrai in France, Blesseds Madeleine Fontaine, Françoise Lanel, Thérèse Fantou and Jeanne Gérard, virgins and martyrs, who, Daughters of Charity, during the French Revolution were condemned to death in hatred of the Church and were led to their execution crowned in mockery with the Rosary.

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 26 June as a Daughter of Charity condemned to death at Cambrai in hatred of the Church during the French Revolution.

Connected on this site

• Françoise Lanel Blessed
  “At Cambrai in France, Blesseds Madeleine Fontaine, Françoise Lanel, Thérèse Fantou and Jeanne Gérard, virgins and martyrs, who, Daughters of Charity, during the French Revolution were condemned to death in hatred of the Church and were led to their execution crowned in mockery with the Rosary.” — this site's research
• Jeanne Gérard Blessed
  “At Cambrai in France, Blesseds Madeleine Fontaine, Françoise Lanel, Thérèse Fantou and Jeanne Gérard, virgins and martyrs, who, Daughters of Charity, during the French Revolution were condemned to death in hatred of the Church and were led to their execution crowned in mockery with the Rosary.” — this site's research
• Thérèse Fantou Blessed
  “With her companions Madeleine Fontaine, Françoise Lanel and Jeanne Gérard, she was beatified by Pope Benedict XV on 13 June 1920.” — Wikipedia