As the French Revolution entered its worst days, sixteen Discalced Carmelites from the Monastery of the Incarnation in Compiegne (France) offered their lives as a sacrifice to God, making reparation to him and imploring peace for the Church. On June 24th, 1794, they were arrested and thrown into prison. Their happiness and resignation were so evident that those around them were also encouraged to draw strength from God’s love. They were condemned to death for their fidelity to the Church and their religious life and for their devotion to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Singing hymns, and having renewed their vows before the superior, Teresa of St Augustine, they were put to death in Paris on July 17th, 1794. They were beatified by Pope St. Pius X on May 13, 1906. Their feat day is July 17th.
Here are the names :
1. Mother Teresa of St. Augustine, prioress (Madeleine-Claudine Ledoine) b. 1752
2. Mother St. Louis, sub-prioress (Marie-Anne [or Antoinette] Brideau) b. 1752
3. Mother Henriette of Jesus, ex-prioress (Marie-Françoise Gabrielle de Croissy) b. 1745
4. Sister Mary of Jesus Crucified (Marie-Anne Piedcourt) b. 1715
5. Sister Charlotte of the Resurrection, ex-sub-prioress and sacristan (Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret) b. 1715
6. Sister Euphrasia of the Immaculate Conception (Marie-Claude Cyprienne) b. 1736
7. Sister Teresa of the Sacred Heart of Mary (Marie-Antoniette Hanisset) b. 1740
8. Sister Julie Louise of Jesus, widow (Rose-Chrétien de la Neuville) b. 1741
9. Sister Teresa of St. Ignatius (Marie-Gabrielle Trézel) b. 1743
10. Sister Mary-Henrietta of Providence (Anne Petras) b. 1760
11. Sister Constance, novice (Marie-Geneviève Meunier) b. 1765
Lay Sisters
12. Sister St. Martha (Marie Dufour) b. 1742
13. Sister Mary of the Holy Spirit (Angélique Roussel) b. 1742
14. Sister St. Francis Xavier (Julie Vérolot) b. 1764
Externs
15. Catherine Soiron b. 1742
16. Thérèse Soiron b. 1748