Françoise Pagis
Married laywoman, martyr of Angers
Who they were
The apostolic letter of beatification lists her as the seventy-third of the ninety-nine martyrs of the diocese of Angers, 'Pagis Francisca nupta Roulleau', the wife of Roulleau, and the Roman Martyrology for 1 February names her among the blessed wives put to death at Angers.
She was beatified in Rome on 19 February 1984 by John Paul II with Guillaume Repin and his ninety-eight companions.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The homily at the beatification says that the lay people among them stayed faithful to their priests, to the Mass celebrated by them and to the signs of their devotion to Mary and the saints.
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
- Guillaume Repin Blessed“She was beatified in Rome on 19 February 1984 by John Paul II with Guillaume Repin and his ninety-eight companions.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 1 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 76 (1984), p. 605 - beatification letter
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 76 (1984), p. 558 - homily at the beatification
- Wikidata Q63093062 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.