Marguerite Rutan
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Marguerite Rutan (23 April 1736 – 9 April 1794) was a French Roman Catholic religious person who was a professed member of the Vincentian Sisters. Rutan served as the mother superior of a hospital the sisters managed until the time of the French Revolution when she was executed based on the allegations of fanaticism and anti-Revolution sentiment.[1]
Marguerite Rutan | |
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Born | (1736-04-23)23 April 1736 Metz, Moselle, Kingdom of France |
Died | 9 April 1794(1794-04-09) (aged 57) Dax, Landes, French First Republic |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 19 June 2011, Les Arènes, Dax, Landes, France by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
Feast | 26 June |
Attributes | Religious habit |
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The process for beatification – the recognition that she died "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith) – commenced under Pope Benedict XV but was long and protracted; it seemed doomed after Rome suggested there was no local following (or "cultus") to Rutan. Later revival of the process allowed for Pope Benedict XVI to approve the beatification; Cardinal Angelo Amato – on the behalf of the pope – presided over the beatification on 19 June 2011.[2]