Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville
| Blessed Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville | |
|---|---|
| Widow, religious and martyr | |
| Born |
1741 near Évreux, Duchy of Normandy, Kingdom of France |
| Died |
July 17, 1794 Place du Trône Renversé (now Place de la Nation) Paris, France |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 27 May 1906 by Pope Pius X |
| Feast | July 17 |
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 choir nun in 1777, taking the name Sister Julie Louise of Jesus, O.C.D.. In 1794, de la Neuville was guillotined in Place du Trône Renversé in Paris.[1]
On 27 May 1906 she and the other Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne were beatified by Pope Pius X.
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