Petronilla of Moncel
first abbess of the Poor Clares at Moncel
Feast: 1 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Moncel in the territory of Beauvais in France, Blessed Petronilla, virgin, first abbess of the monastery of the Poor Clares in that place.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 1 May as a virgin and the first abbess of the Poor Clares at Moncel near Beauvais.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.