Catherine Cottanceau
Feast: 1 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Avrillé near Angers in France, the passion of Blessed Marie-Anne Vaillot and forty-six companions, martyrs, who, in the time of the Terror during the French Revolution, won the crown of martyrdom.
Among those named is Blessed Catherine Cottanceau.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 1 February among the martyrs of Avrillé in the Terror of the French Revolution.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Marie-Anne Vaillot Blessed“At Avrillé near Angers in France, the passion of Blessed Marie-Anne Vaillot and forty-six companions, martyrs, who, in the time of the Terror during the French Revolution, won the crown of martyrdom.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 1 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4174285 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.