Bl. Marie-Anne-Françoise Brideau Biography
Blessed Marie-Anne-Françoise Brideau Profile. Born: December 7 1751 in France, Europe. Worked in France. Died: July 17 1794 in Place du Trône Renversé (modern Place de la Nation) in Paris, France. Feast Day is celebrated on July 17.
Bl. Marie-Anne-Françoise Brideau Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death. |
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| Date of Birth | December 7 1751 |
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| Country of Birth | France in Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Nuns/Sisters |
| Profession | Sub-prioress |
| 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 | Pope Pius X |
| Canonization | N/A |
| Patron Saint of | N/A |
Biography
Blessed Marie-Anne-Françoise Brideau, Sub-prioress. One of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne, murdered in the counter Christian oppressions of the French Revolution. Guillotined on July 17, 1794, at the Place du Trône Renversé (current Place de la Nation) in Paris, France. Before their execution they stooped and recited the “Veni Creator”, as at a calling, after which they all restored resoundingly 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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