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Blessed PaulHélène Saint Raymond
Blessed PaulHélène Saint Raymond

Blessed Paulhélène Saint Raymond

Also known as: Madame Encyclopédie

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

8-May

Born

24 January 1927 in Paris, France

Died

Shot in the neck on 8 May 1994 in the Archdiocese library on Ben Cheneb Street in the Kasbah in Algiers, Algeria; funeral Mass celebrated at the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa

Beatified

8 December 2018 by Pope Francis

Venerated

26 January 2018 by Pope France (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Paul-Hélène Saint Raymond, also known as Madame Encyclopédie, was born on 24th January 1927 in Paris, France. She was the eighth of ten children born into a devoutly Catholic family, and her upbringing instilled in her a strong faith from an early age.


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