June 26th

Blessed Magdalene Fontaine and Companions, Martyrs of Cambrai

Blessed · Common of Virgin Martyrs · Cambrai, France

At Cambrai in France, Blessed Magdalene Fontaine, Frances Lanel, Teresa Fantou, and Joan Gérard, virgins and martyrs, who, Daughters of Charity, were condemned to death in hatred of the Church during the upheaval of the French Revolution, and, mockingly crowned with a rosary, were led to execution.

Latin Original

Cameráci in Gállia, beatárum Magdalénz Fontaine, Francisce Lanel, Terésize Fantou et loánnz Gérard, vírginum et mártyrum, qua, Fílie a Caritáte, in ódium Ecclesiae témpore gállicee perturbatiónis cápite damnátz, per ludíbrium coronátz Rosário ad supplicium ductz sunt.