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  • Josephine Leroux
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  • Blessed Josephine Leroux (1747–1794) was born Anne-Joseph Leroux in Cambrai, France. She became an Ursuline nun in Valenciennes, taking the name Josephine. She fled to Mons, Hainaut when the monasteries and convents were suppressed during the French Revolution but returned to Valenciennes in 1793. In 1794, she and several nuns were arrested there for the crime of faith and was guillotined with ten other nuns whose names are not known.
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Birth Date
  • 1747
venerated in
Name
  • Blessed Josephine Leroux
feast day
  • --10-23
Birth Place
Titles
  • Martyr
death date
  • 1794
beatified date
  • 1920
abstract
  • Blessed Josephine Leroux (1747–1794) was born Anne-Joseph Leroux in Cambrai, France. She became an Ursuline nun in Valenciennes, taking the name Josephine. She fled to Mons, Hainaut when the monasteries and convents were suppressed during the French Revolution but returned to Valenciennes in 1793. In 1794, she and several nuns were arrested there for the crime of faith and was guillotined with ten other nuns whose names are not known.