Josephine Leroux
Clarisse nun
Feast: 23 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Valenciennes in France, Blesseds Marie Clotilde Angela of Saint Francis Borgia (Clotilde Josèphe) Paillot and five companions, virgins and martyrs, who, consecrated to God and condemned to death out of hatred of the faith during the French Revolution, went piously up to the scaffold under the admiring gaze of the people.
Among those named is Blessed Josephine (Anne Josèphe) Leroux, of the Order of Poor Clares.
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 23 October among the religious of Valenciennes guillotined out of hatred of the faith during the French Revolution.
The cause
Josephine Leroux has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Ursulines of the Roman Union: the Blessed Martyrs of Valenciennes.
- Roman Martyrology, 23 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11731825 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Joséphine Leroux (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.