Bl. Marie-Anne Piedcourt Biography
Blessed Marie-Anne Piedcourt Profile. Born: December 9 1715 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 Piedcourt 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 | December 9 1715 |
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| Country of Birth | France in Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Married |
| Profession | Nun |
| 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-Anne Piedcourt, Discalced Carmelite nun, pronounced in 1737. She sang in the convent choir. One of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne, murdered in the counter Christian abuses 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 bowed and recited the “Veni Creator”, as at a calling, after which they all restored out loud their baptismal and religious pledges. Among eleven Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters and two laywomen hirelings 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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