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The Martyrs of Orange

July 16 is the feast day of seven of the Martyrs of Orange. The Martyrs of Orange is a group of 32 beatified religious women martyred at Orange, France, during the French Revolution between July 6 and July 26, 1794. Two were Cistercian nuns from Avignon; the others were from Bollène, near Avignon, and included 16 Ursulines, 13 Sacramentine nuns, and one Benedictine nun. For refusing to take...
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