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Madeleine Fontaine

Daughter of Charity and martyr at Cambrai

BlessedFull write-up

Feast: 26 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

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unknown

Died

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unknown

Beatified

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not on record

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

At Cambrai in France, Blesseds Madeleine Fontaine, Françoise Lanel, Thérèse Fantou and Jeanne Gérard, virgins and martyrs, who, Daughters of Charity, during the French Revolution were condemned to death in hatred of the Church and were led to their execution crowned in mockery with the Rosary.

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 26 June as a Daughter of Charity condemned to death at Cambrai in hatred of the Church during 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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Connected on this site

Françoise Lanel Blessed
“At Cambrai in France, Blesseds Madeleine Fontaine, Françoise Lanel, Thérèse Fantou and Jeanne Gérard, virgins and martyrs, who, Daughters of Charity, during the French Revolution were condemned to death in hatred of the Church and were led to their execution crowned in mockery with the Rosary.” — this site's research
Jeanne Gérard Blessed
“At Cambrai in France, Blesseds Madeleine Fontaine, Françoise Lanel, Thérèse Fantou and Jeanne Gérard, virgins and martyrs, who, Daughters of Charity, during the French Revolution were condemned to death in hatred of the Church and were led to their execution crowned in mockery with the Rosary.” — this site's research
Thérèse Fantou Blessed
“With her companions Madeleine Fontaine, Françoise Lanel and Jeanne Gérard, she was beatified by Pope Benedict XV on 13 June 1920.” — Wikipedia

Sources

Roman Martyrology, 26 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
Wikidata Q117223661 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.