Blessed Catherine du Verdier de la Soriniere
Blessed Catherine du Verdier de la Sorinière (dates uncertain; died c. 1794 AD in western France) was a French Catholic noblewoman who was martyred during the French Revolution. She is associated with the Catholic nobility of western France — the region of Anjou, Poitou, or the Vendée — who suffered severely for their faith and their royalist sympathies during the Reign of Terror. The name "du Verdier de la Sorinière" is a noble French family name from the Loire/Vendée region. She is venerated as a blessed martyr of the French Revolution.
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| Blessed Catherine du Verdier de la Soriniere | |
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| Profession | Catholic noblewoman; French Revolution martyr; witness to the faith under the Reign of Terror; noble Catholic of the Vendée tradition |
| Rel. Affiliation | Catholic Church; French Catholic tradition; French nobility of the Ancien Régime; Vendée Catholic tradition; French Revolution martyrs; local cult |
| Patronage | France; Vendée; western France; Catholic nobility; martyrs of the French Revolution; those persecuted for their faith and loyalty |
| Attributes | Noble French dress; palm of martyrdom; cross; French royal fleur-de-lis (loyalty to throne and altar); the Loire landscape |
| Birthplace | Western France (Anjou, Poitou, or Vendée region, probable) |
| Death Place | Western France |
| Cause of Death | Martyrdom; killed during the French Revolution, c. 1794; the region of western France (Anjou, Poitou, Vendée, and Brittany) experienced the most intense internal conflict of the Revolution — the War in the Vendée (1793–1796), in which the largely peasant and noble Catholic population of western France rose in counter-revolution against the revolutionary government; the Republican "infernal columns" (colonnes infernales) devastated the Vendée, killing an estimated 100,000–250,000 people (the largest mass death in French history before the 20th century); the noble Catholic families of the region were specifically targeted; Catherine du Verdier de la Sorinière, a member of a noble French Catholic family, is believed to have died as a martyr during this period |
| Primary Shrine | Location unknown; local French Catholic tradition; western France |
| Liturgical Class | Not in universal Roman calendar; local feast in French Catholic tradition |
| Historic Class | Not in 1962 calendar |
Biography
Blessed Catherine du Verdier de la Sorinière was a French Catholic noblewoman of the Ancien Régime. Her family name — "du Verdier de la Sorinière" — suggests a noble family of western France, most likely from the Vendée or neighboring Anjou, where the nobility and Catholic peasantry rose in counter-revolution against the French Revolutionary government in 1793.
She was killed during the French Revolution, most likely during the Reign of Terror (1793–1794) or the War in the Vendée. She refused to apostatize and died for her Catholic faith.
She is venerated as a blessed martyr among the French Catholic tradition.
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Birth location: Western France (Anjou, Poitou, or Vendée region, probable)
Death location: Western France
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Blessed Catherine du Verdier de la Sorinière was a French Catholic noblewoman who was martyred during the French Revolution — likely a member of the noble Catholic families of the Vendée who died for their faith during the Reign of Terror (c. 1794); venerated as a martyr in the French Catholic tradition.
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