Blessed Anne Marie Madeleine Thouret
Blessed Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret (died 1794 AD in France) was a French Visitandine sister (Visitation Order) martyred during the French Revolution. She was among the many French nuns and laywomen who died for their Catholic faith during the Terror (1793–1794). She is venerated in the French Catholic tradition of the French Revolution martyrs.
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| Blessed Anne Marie Madeleine Thouret | |
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| Profession | Visitandine nun (Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary); martyr of the French Revolution; French religious woman |
| Rel. Affiliation | Catholic Church; Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines); French Revolution martyrs; French Catholic Church |
| Patronage | France; Visitandine sisters; those persecuted for their religious life; French Revolution victims; the suppressed religious of the Revolution |
| Attributes | Visitandine habit; palm frond of martyrdom; a cross; a heart (the Sacred Heart devotion, closely associated with the Visitation Order through Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque); French Revolutionary period setting |
| Birthplace | France |
| Death Place | France |
| Cause of Death | Martyrdom; killed during the French Revolution, most likely during the Terror (1793–1794); she was a Visitandine sister (Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, founded by Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane Frances de Chantal in 1610); the Visitation Order was suppressed by the Revolutionary government in 1790 along with all other religious orders; Visitandine sisters who refused to abandon their vows or who continued to live the religious life in secret faced persecution and execution; Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret is venerated as a martyr of the French Revolution in the local tradition |
| Primary Shrine | France — local veneration; Visitation Order tradition |
| Liturgical Class | Not in universal Roman calendar; local feast in French Catholic tradition and Visitation Order |
| Historic Class | Not in 1962 calendar |
Biography
Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret was a Visitandine sister — a member of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, founded by Saints Francis de Sales and Jane Frances de Chantal in 1610. She was martyred during the French Revolution when the Revolutionary government suppressed all religious orders in 1790 and systematically persecuted those who maintained religious life.
She died for her Catholic faith during the Terror of 1793–1794 and is venerated in the French Catholic tradition as a martyr of the Revolution.
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Death location: France
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Blessed Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret was a French Visitandine sister martyred during the Terror of the French Revolution (1793–1794). Venerated in the French Catholic tradition of Revolution martyrs.
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