Blessed Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville | |
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Born | 1741 near Évreux, France |
Died | July 17, 1794 Place du Trône Renversé (modern Place de la Nation) Paris, France |
Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | May 27, 1906 by Pope Pius X |
Feast | July 17 |
Blessed Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville (1741 - 17 July 1794) was a French Carmelite nun and one of the Martyrs of Compiègne. She married young but was widowed. She was professed as a nun in 1777, taking the name Sister Julie Louise of Jesus, and sang in the convent choir. In 1794, Blessed Rose-Chrétien was guillotined in Place du Trône Renversé, Paris.[1]
On May 27, 1906 she and the other Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne were beatified by Pope Pius X.