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Also known as

• Maria Rosa de Loye
• Marie Rose Deloye
• Mary Rose de Loye
• Susanna-Agatha de Loye

Memorial

• 6 July
• 9 July as one of the Martyrs of Orange

Profile

Benedictine nun at Caderousse in 1762, taking the name Mary Rose. Expelled from the convent, imprisoned and then executed during the persecutions of the French Revolution. The first of the Martyrs of Orange.

Born

• 4 February 1741 in Sérignan, Vaucluse, France as Suzanne-Agathe Deloye

Died

• guillotined in 6 July 1794 at Orange, Vaucluse, France

Venerated

• 19 March 1925 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 10 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Suzanne-Agathe Deloye“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 July 2017. Web. 26 April 2018. <>