Sunday, June 26, 2011

Day 295 -- Blessed Jane Gerard


Blessed Jane Gerard was a Sister of Charity in Arras, France. She was imprisoned in 1792. In 1794, she was martyred by guillotine with Blessed Teresa Fantou, Blessed Francoise Lanel, and Blessed Madeleine Fontaine in Cambrai, France. She was beatified in June 1920 by Pope Benedict XV and awaits canonization.

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