Blessed Marie Dufour
- Sister Saint Martha
Profile
Discalced Carmelite lay sister, joining the community in 1772. One of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne, killed in the anti–Christian persecutions of the French Revolution.
Born
- guillotined on 17 July 1794 at the Place du Trône Renversé (modern Place de la Nation) in Paris, France
- before their execution they knelt and chanted the “Veni Creator”, as at a profession, after which they all renewed aloud their baptismal and religious vows
- interred in a deep sand-pit about thirty feet square in a cemetery at Picpus
- as this sand-pit was the receptacle of the bodies of 1,298 victims of the French Revolution, there seems to be no hope of their relics being recovered
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Marie Dufour“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 March 2020. Web. 19 April 2021. <>