⛪ Saint of the Day : March 13
⛪ Other Names : Francesca
⛪ Memorial : 21 January as one of the Blessed Martyrs of Laval
⛪ Born : 8 April 1756 in Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie, Mayenne, France
⛪ Died :
• Guillotined on 13 March 1794 in Laval, Mayenne, France • Relics enshrined at the church of St-Pierre-des-Landes where she had taught
Françoise Tréhet was born April 8, 1756 in a family of wealthy landowners, in Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie in Vendée. She made her vows to the Sisters of Charity, later known as Notre-Dame d'Evron, and took care of the education of the girls and various works of charity.
In 1783, she was invited to Saint-Pierre-des-Landes to open a parish school. She was helped in this task by her sister Jeanne Véron, ten years her junior. The two nuns did the class and outside the school assisted the sick of the parish.
With the taking of the Bastille and hate movements against the Church, the French Revolution will shed the blood of the innocent, simply because they are Christians, because they do not want to submit to the rogue demands proposed by the "Strong" then, unscrupulous people who happily took advantage of their position to put into practice their visceral hatred against Christ and his Church.
France, the "eldest daughter of the Church" will live then the saddest pages of her history yet so full of saints and blessed ... But, as often said, "the blood of the martyrs is seed of Christians", that is why the blood of all these martyrs of the French Revolution, especially during the period of terror, will bring to the homeland of Saint Remi and Saint Louis IX, many other glories which in Paradise will constitute the greatest milky way let the universe please to contemplate.
Francoise had a strong character and a strong will. She had predicted the torments of the revolution. The Terror forced them to hide.
Towards the end of February 1794, the two Sisters were denounced and condemned to the guillotine.
On the 13th of March, Francoise passed in front of the Clement Commission, of sinister memory. He was accused of hiding refractory priests and helping Vendeans. She replied that every sick person was a brother in Jesus Christ and needed his care. She refused to shout "long life to the republic", which definitely condemned her ...
She went to the scaffold, singing Salve Regina. She was 37 years old. The same fate struck Jeanne a week later.
They were beatified on June 19, 1955 by Pius XII.
Blessed Françoise Tréhet, Pray for us !
