Jeanne Véron
Feast: 20 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Jeanne Véron was born at Château-Gontier, France, on 6 August 1766. She belonged to the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Évron and with Françoise Tréhet taught girls in the village of Dompierre.
Although gravely ill with dropsy, she was carried on a stretcher before the revolutionary court, where she said openly that she had not taken and would not take the oath, and that the Catholic, apostolic and Roman religion was the only one for salvation. She was beheaded at once, on 20 March 1794, and was 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 young teacher who, though gravely ill, refused the revolutionary oath and died for her faith at 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
- Françoise Trehet 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 Q23939689 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.