Françoise Trehet
Feast: 13 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Françoise Tréhet was born at Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie, France, in April 1756. She belonged to the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Évron, a lay society that cared for the sick and taught children, and with Jeanne Véron she taught girls in the village of Dompierre.
During the Revolution she was condemned by an unjust court and beheaded at Laval on 13 March 1794. She is one of the nineteen martyrs of Laval declared Blessed by Pius XII on 19 June 1955.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A teacher and nurse of the poor, killed at Laval in 1794 for her faith; one of the martyrs of Laval.
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
- Jeanne Véron Blessed“She belonged to the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Évron, a lay society that cared for the sick and taught children, and with Jeanne Véron she taught girls in the village of Dompierre.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 47 (1955), pp. 445-451 - Apostolic letter of Pius XII declaring Jean-Baptiste Turpin du Cormier and companions, the martyrs of Laval, Blessed, 19 June 1955
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 44 (1952), pp. 836-839 - Decree introducing the cause of the Laval martyrs
- Wikidata Q23939690 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.