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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
unverified
Canonised
not yet

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

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