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BL. RENÉE MARIE FEILLATREAU, MARTYR - 28 MARCH

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 28th of March WELCOME! BLESSED RENÉE MARIE FEILLATREAU, MARTYR  During the French Revolution, the new revolutionary authorities violently suppressed the Church, abolished the Catholic monarchy, seized Church property, and persecuted and killed priests and religious. During this period, Blessed Renée Marie, who was born in Angers, France, in 1751, was arrested for protecting vestments and sacred vessels used for Holy Mass. She was put on a show trial and subsequently condemned to death. She frankly and courageously declared publicly that she preferred to die rather than deny her Catholic Faith. She was guillotined on March 28, 1794.  BL. RENÉE MARIE'S ENTRY IN THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY: In Anjou, in France, blessed Renée Marie Feillatreau, martyr, who, being married, during the French Revolution was decapitated her her fidelity to the Catholic Church. PRAYER: May the intercession of Blessed Renée Marie commend us to you...