Feast day: July 17
The Martyrs of Compiègne
Sixteen Carmelite nuns of Compiègne guillotined during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, who went to the scaffold singing and renewing their vows, the youngest dying last.
They mounted the guillotine one by one, each kneeling for the prioress's blessing and singing — and within ten days the Terror itself collapsed.
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