THE MARTYRS OF COMPIÈGNE - 17 JULY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY

Saints celebrated on the 17th of July

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SAINT MOTHER TERESA OF SAINT AUGUSTINE AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

Pope Francis has officially declared the 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, as saints by equipollent canonization*. 

As of December 18, 2024, all sixteen sisters are officially recognised as saints of the Church. 

Mother Teresa of Saint Augustine and her 15 companions were guillotined in Paris as they sang hymns of praise.

The Martyrs of Compiègne were beatified on May 27, 1906. They were the first martyrs of the French Revolution to be so recognized by the Holy See. Their feast day is July 17.

*Equipollent, or equivalent canonization is the proclamation of a saint by the pope without the formal process of canonization. It is not new; St Peter Faber and St Hildegard of Bingen were canonized in this way; the latter by Pope Benedict XVI.

These are the names of the holy Martyrs of Compiègne:

Mother Teresa of St Augustine, prioress (Madeleine-Claudine Lidoine),

Mother St Louis, sub-prioress (Marie-Anne [or Antoinette] Brideau),

Mother Henriette of Jesus, ex-prioress for two terms; novice mistress (Marie-Françoise Gabrielle de Croissy),

Sister Mary of Jesus Crucified (Marie-Anne Piedcourt),

Sister Charlotte of the Resurrection, ex-sub-prioress (Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret),

Sister Euphrasia of the Immaculate Conception (Marie-Claude Cyprienne),

Sister Teresa of the Sacred Heart of Mary (Marie-Antoniette Hanisset),

Sister Julie Louise of Jesus, widow (Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville),

Sister Teresa of St Ignatius (Marie-Gabrielle Trézel),

Sister Mary-Henrietta of Providence (Anne Petras),

Sister Constance of St Denis, novice (Marie-Geneviève Meunier),

Sister St Martha, lay sister (Marie Dufour),

Sister Mary of the Holy Spirit, lay sister (Angélique Roussel),

Sister St Francis Xavier (Julie Vérolot), lay sister,

Catherine Soiron, tertiary,

Thérèse Soiron, tertiary

Sources:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Compi%C3%A8gne

https://scottishcatholicguardian.co.uk/2024/12/18/pope-francis-declares-french-martyrs-of-compiegne-saints-via-equipollent-canonization/

https://catholicism.org/the-sixteen-carmelite-martyrs-of-compiegne.html

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy Martyrs of Compiègne confessed the faith, may experience their goodness as they intercede for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.