These 16 nuns were guillotined in the French Revolution. Now the Pope has declared them saints
A group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution were canonised by Pope ...
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The French Revolution
He convened the Estates-General, made up of the Roman Catholic clergy (the First Estate ... social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where ...
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Debunking the myths of the French Revolution
It brought together 1200 delegates from the clergy (the First Estate), the ... While the motto of the French revolution was “liberty, equality, fraternity”, in practice this did not apply ...
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Pope Francis Declares French Martyrs of Compiègne Saints Via Equipollent Canonization
The French Revolution’s Civil Constitution of the Clergy had outlawed religious life, and the Carmelites of Compiègne were expelled from their monastery in 1792. Despite being forced into ...
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These 16 nuns were guillotined in the French Revolution – Pope Francis has now declared them saints
By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski THE Martyrs of Compiègne, a group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign ...