Françoise Mezière
Who they were
At Laval in France, Blessed Françoise Mézière, virgin and martyr, who devoted herself to the education of children and the care of the sick and during the French Revolution was killed out of hatred for the faith.
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 5 February as a teacher and nurse of Laval killed out of hatred for the faith in 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.
- Roman Martyrology, 5 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q22248887 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.