Today, during the Audience granted to His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the Supreme Pontiff decided to extend the cult of Blessed Teresa of Saint Augustine (born: Mary Magdalene Claudia Lidoine) and 15 companions of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of Compiègne, martyrs, killed in odium Fidei on 17 July 1794, in Paris (France), registering them in the catalog of Saints (Canonization Equipollent).
