Bl. Marie Dufour Biography
Bl. Marie Dufour Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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Date of Birth | October 2 1741 |
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Country of Birth | France in Europe |
Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Nuns/Sisters |
Profession | Discalced Carmelite lay sister |
Place of Work | France |
Date of Death | July 17 1794 |
Place of Death | Place du Trône Renversé (modern Place de la Nation) in Paris, France |
Feast Day | July 17 |
Beatification | Beatified by Pope Pius X |
Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
Patron Saint of | N/A |
Biography
Blessed Marie Dufour, Discalced Carmelite lay sister, joining the community in 1772. One of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne, slaughtered in the counter Christian abuses of the French Revolution. Guillotined on July 17, 1794, at the Place du Trône Renversé (present day Place de la Nation) in Paris, France. Before their execution they bowed and recited the “Veni Creator”, as at a calling, after which they all restored out loud their baptismal and religious promises. Among eleven Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters and two laywomen workers who were martyred together in the French Revolution. They were the most punctual saints of the French Revolution that have been perceived.
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