Among the last of the nuns to be martyred during the French Revolution, she and seven other nuns were guillotined on October 23, 1794. They went bravely to their deaths singing the Litany of Loreto to the Blessed Virgin.
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Josephine Leroux
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
It was not long after this atrocity that Robespierre got the same treatment.
What an awful thing the French Revolution was.
Agreed. Bastille Day is a celebrated holiday in France. There should be a reminder, since history often repeats its self, of those dark, godless days but not a celebration. Perhaps Eide will be a national day in the future?