Blessed Rosalie du Verdier de La Soriniere

Rosalie du Verdier de La Sorinière (in religion Sister Rosalie-Céleste), born on August 12, 1745, at the Château de la Sorinière near Chemillé in the province of Anjou, and died by guillotine in Angers on January 27, 1794, was a Benedictine nun of Our Lady of Calvary, a martyr in hatred of the faith, and a blessed. She is part of the group of the Martyrs of Angers: ninety-nine victims among more than two thousand shot at Avrillé or guillotined in Angers.