> [[09-figures|↑ Back to TOC]] # Saint Euphrasia of the Immaculate Conception Religious name: Sister Euphrasia of the Immaculate Conception. Born 1736 at Bourth (sources vary on baptismal name: Marie Claude Cyprienne or Catherine Charlotte Brard). Choir nun of the Carmelite Monastery of the Incarnation, Compiègne. ## Biography As the French Revolution entered its worst days, sixteen Discalced Carmelites from the Monastery of the Incarnation in Compiègne offered their lives as a sacrifice to God, making reparation to him and imploring peace for the Church. On June 24th, 1794, they were arrested and thrown into prison. Their happiness and resignation were so evident that those around them were also encouraged to draw strength from God's love. They were condemned to death for their fidelity to the Church and their religious life and for their devotion to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Singing hymns, and having renewed their vows before the superior, Teresa of St. Augustine, they were put to death in Paris on July 17th, 1794. They were beatified by Pope St. Pius X on May 13, 1906. Their equipollent canonization was decreed on December 18, 2024. *Source: OCD Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours, July 17* ## Notes - OCD choir nun; professed 1757 - One of the Sixteen Martyrs of Compiègne; guillotined Paris, July 17, 1794 - Beatified May 27, 1906; equivalently canonized December 18, 2024 - Feast: [[07-17-st-teresa-of-st-augustine|July 17, with St Teresa of St Augustine and Companions]]