Thorigné-en-Charnie (, before 1953: Thorigné)Décret du 8 avril 1953 portant changement de nom de la commune de Saint-Rémy (Bouches-du-Rhône), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0086, 11 April 1953, p. 3405. is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.
History
On 22 March 1796, a teenager named Perrine Dugué was murdered by three Chouans in a field between Thorigné and Sainte-Suzanne. Her grave was rumored to have miraculous healing powers, and it quickly became a popular pilgrimage site. Though never officially recognized by the church, she was venerated as a patriotic martyr and referred to as "the saint with tricolor wings."
See also Communes of the Mayenne department
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