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Marie-Anne Vaillot
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Feast: 1 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1734
Died
1794
Beatified
19 February 1984
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Canonised
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Who they were
At Avrillé near Angers in France, the passion of Blessed Marie-Anne Vaillot and forty-six companions, martyrs, who, in the time of the Terror during the French Revolution, won the crown of martyrdom.
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 a martyr of Avrillé who, with forty-six companions, died in the Terror of the French Revolution.
Connected on this site
- Catherine Cottanceau Blessed“At Avrillé near Angers in France, the passion of Blessed Marie-Anne Vaillot and forty-six companions, martyrs, who, in the time of the Terror during the French Revolution, won the crown of martyrdom.” — this site's research
- Marie Anne Pichery Blessed“At Avrillé near Angers in France, the passion of Blessed Marie-Anne Vaillot and forty-six companions, martyrs, who, in the time of the Terror during the French Revolution, won the crown of martyrdom.” — this site's research
- Odile Baumgarten Blessed“At Avrillé near Angers in France, the passion of Blessed Marie-Anne Vaillot and forty-six companions, martyrs, who, in the time of the Terror during the French Revolution, won the crown of martyrdom.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q118445257 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.