Rosalie-Clotilde de Sainte-Pélagie Bès
Ursuline virgin and martyr at Orange
Feast: 11 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Orange in France, Blesseds Rosalie-Clotilde of Saint Pelagia Bès, Marie-Élisabeth of Saint Théoctiste Pélissier, Marie-Claire of Saint Martin Blanc and Marie-Marguerite of Saint Sophia de Barbegie d'Albarède, virgins and martyrs for Christ during the French Revolution.
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 11 July as a virgin and martyr for Christ at Orange 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.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.