Martyrs of Anjou
Also known as
- Martyrs of Angers
Profile
A group of 99 martyrs murdered over the course of a year for refusing to renounce their faith as demanded during the anti–Church excesses of the French Revolution.
- Blessed Catherine du Verdier de la Sorinière
- Blessed Charlotte Davy
- Blessed Félicité Pricet
- Blessed François Peltier
- Blessed Françoise Pagis épouse Railleau
- Blessed Gabrielle Androuin
- Blessed Jacques Laigneau de Langellerie
- Blessed Jacques Ledoyen
- Blessed Jacques-Alexandre Menuret
- Blessed Jacquine Monnier
- Blessed Jean Ménard
- Blessed Jean-Baptiste Lego
- Blessed Jeanne Bourigault
- Blessed Jeanne Fouchard épouse Chalonneau
- Blessed Jeanne Gourdon veuve Moreau
- Blessed Jeanne Gruget veuve Doly
- Blessed Jeanne Leduc épouse Paquier
- Blessed Jeanne Onillon veuve Onillon
- Blessed Jeanne Sailland d’Epinatz
- Blessed Jeanne Thomas veuve Delaunay
- Blessed Louise Bessay de la Voûte
- Blessed Louise Poirier épouse Barré
- Blessed Madeleine Cady épouse Desvignes
- Blessed Madeleine Sallé épouse Havard
- Blessed Marguerite Robin
- Blessed Marie Forestier
- Blessed Marie Gingueneau veuve Coiffard
- Blessed Marie Lardeux
- Blessed Marie Piou épouse Supiot
- Blessed Marie Rechard
- Blessed Marie Roger veuve Chartier
- Blessed Marie-Anne Hacher du Bois
- Blessed Marie-Genevieve Poulain de la Forestrie
- Blessed Marie-Louise du Verdier de la Sorinière
- Blessed Marthe Poulain de la Forestrie
- Blessed Perrine Bourigault
- Blessed Perrine Laurent
- Blessed Perrine Pottier épouse Turpault
- Blessed Pierre Delépine
- Blessed Pierre Frémond
- Blessed René Lego
- Blessed Renée Bourgeais veuve Juret
- Blessed Renée Rigault épouse Papin
- Blessed Renée Sechet veuve Davy
- Blessed Renée-Marie Feillatreau épouse Dumont
- Martyrs of Anjou
- 30 October 1793
- 1 January 1794
- 2 January 1794
- 5 January 1794
- 12 January 1794
- 18 January 1794
- 26 January 1794
- 27 January 1794
- 1 February 1794
- 10 February 1794
- 22 March 1794
- 28 March 1794
- 16 April 1794
- 18 April 1794
- 24 August 1794
- 17 October 1794
- 9 June 1983 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
- 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
MLA Citation
- “Martyrs of Anjou“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 April 2015. Web. 11 December 2019. <>