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Also known as

• Francesca

Memorial

• 13 March
• 21 January (as one of the Blessed Martyrs of Laval)

Profile

Born to the nobility, she grew up in a family of wealthy land-owners. Joined of the Soeurs de la Charité de Notre-Dame d’Evron (Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron), dedicated to education of children and care of the sick. She began teaching at the parish school of St-Pierre-des-Landes in 1783. Martyred in the French Revolution for refusing to take the oaths of allegience to the state, and helping to hide priests who had also refused. Sister Francesca sang the Salve Regina as she climbed the scaffold to the guillotine.

Born

• 8 April 1756 in Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie, Mayenne, France

Died

• guillotined on 13 March 1794 in Laval, Mayenne, France
• relics enshrined at the church of St-Pierre-des-Landes where she had taught

Venerated

• 3 May 1955 by Pope Pius XII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 19 June 1955 by Pope Pius XII at Rome, Italy

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Françoise Tréhet“. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 January 2019. Web. 23 January 2021. <>