Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville

Blessed Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville
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.

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