Toward the end of the French Revolution, on July 17, 1794, 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, along with three lay sisters and two tertiaries of their community in the city of Compiègne, were guillotined in Paris by order of the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Toward the end of the French Revolution, on July 17, 1794, 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, along with three lay sisters and two tertiaries of their community in the city of Compiègne, were guillotined in Paris by order of the Revolutionary Tribunal.