Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville

Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville (1741 - 17 July 1794) was a French Carmelite nun and one of the Martyrs of Compiègne.

Blessed Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville
Martyr
Born	1741 near Évreux, Duchy of Normandy, Kingdom of France
Died	17 July 1794 Place du Trône Renversé (now Place de la Nation) Paris, France
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	27 May 1906, Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope Pius X
Feast	17 July

Background

She married young but was widowed. She took vows as a choir nun in 1777, taking the religious name Julie Louise of Jesus. In 1794, de la Neuville was guillotined in Place du Trône Renversé in Paris.^[1]

On 27 May 1906, the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne were beatified by Pope Pius X.

References

1. . saints.sqpn.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008.