In the town of Lagny-sur-Marne, French forces were putting up a fight against the English. It was here, in the midst of war that she and other virgins of the town were praying in a Church on behalf of a baby who had died to bring the baby back to life long enough to be baptized. The baby came to life, yawned three times, and was hastily baptized before dying again.

Note: Their desire for baptism ("baptism of desire") and their martyrdom for the faith ("baptism of blood") was not going to be enough.
They needed to be baptized with "Water and the Holy Spirit" (Jn. 3:5). And God saw that they truly desired the Sacrament, so He provided it miraculously.

"In all, St. Patrick brought to life some forty infidels in Ireland, one of whom was King Echu ...
On raising him from the dead, St. Patrick instructed and baptized him, asking what he had seen of the other world. King Echu told how he had actually beheld the throne prepared for him in Heaven because of his life of being open to the grace of Almighty God, but that he was not allowed to enter precisely because he was as yet unbaptized. After receiving the sacraments… (he) died instantly and went to his reward."

"Many such saints have been recorded as resurrecting grown-ups specifically and exclusively for the Sacrament of Baptism, including:
St. Peter Claver, St. Winifred of Wales, St. Julian of Mans, St. Eleutherius, and others.

But even more have raised up little infants for the sacrament of salvation:
St. Gregory Nazianz, St. Hilary, St. Elizabeth, St. Colette, St. Frances of Rome, Joan of Arc, St. Philip Neri, St. Francis Xavier, St. Gildas, St. Gerard Majella to name a few."

Note: Regarding Joan of Arc -- the automatically excommunicated heretic "Benedict XV" did not have the jurisdcition to canonize Saints because he was outside of the Catholic Church for heresy. See Section 20 of this website.

"When Father Claver arrived at her deathbed, Augustina lay cold to the touch, her body already being prepared for burial. He prayed at her bedside for one hour, when suddenly the woman sat up, vomited a pool of blood, and declared upon being questioned by those in attendance: ‘I have come from journeying along a long road. After I had gone a long way down it, I met a white man of great beauty who stood before me and said: Stop! You can go no further.’ ...

On hearing this, Father Claver cleared the room and prepared to hear her Confession, thinking she was in need of absolution for some sin she may have forgotten. But in the course of the ritual, St. Peter Claver was inspired to realize that she had never been baptized.

He cut short her confession and declined to give her absolution, calling instead for water with which to baptize her. Augustina’s master insisted that she could not possibly need baptism since she had been in his employ for twenty years and had never failed to go to Mass, Confession, and Communion all that time (Augustina's master must have thought that she had already been baptized). Nevertheless, Father Claver insisted on baptizing her, after which Augustina died again joyfully and peacefully in the presence of the whole family."

Father De Smet, Dec. 18, 1839 >
"I have often remarked that many of the children seem to await baptism before winging their flight to heaven, for they die almost immediately after receiving the sacrament."

Father De Smet, Dec. 9, 1845 >
"... Over a hundred children and eleven old people were baptized. Many of the latter [the old people], who were carried on buffalo hides, seemed only to await this grace before going to rest in the bosom of God."

"My sons, today you will see an ancient Pictish chief, who has faithfully kept the precepts of the natural law all his life, arrive on this island; he comes to be baptized and to die." "Immediately, a boat was seen to approach with a feeble old man seated in the prow who was recognized as chief of one of the neighboring tribes. Two of his companions brought him before the missionary, to whose words he listened attentively. The old man asked to be baptized, and immediately thereafter breathed out his last breath and was buried on the very spot."

Father Point, S.J., quoted in The Life of Fr. De Smet, pp. 165-166  >
"One morning, upon leaving the Church I met an Indian woman, who said: ‘So-and-so is not well.’ She (the person who was not well) was not yet a catechumen and I said I would go to see her. An hour later the same person (who came and told him the person is not well), who was her sister, came to me saying she was dead. I ran to the tent, hoping she might be mistaken, and found a crowd of relatives around the bed, repeating, 'She is dead – she has not breathed for some time.' To assure myself, I leaned over the body; there was no sign of life. I reproved these excellent people for not telling me at once of the gravity of the situation, adding,

'May God forgive me!’ Then, rather impatiently, I said, 'Pray!' and all fell on their knees and prayed devoutly.

"I again leaned over the supposed corpse and said, 'The Black Robe is here: do you wish him to baptize you?' At the word baptism I saw a slight tremor of the lower lip; then both lips moved, making me certain that she understood. She had already been instructed, so I at once baptized her, and she rose from her bier, making the sign of the cross. Today she is out hunting and is fully persuaded that she died at the time I have recounted."

Note: This is another example of a person who had already been instructed in the Faith but had to be miraculously resuscitated specifically for the Sacrament of Baptism, and the miraculous resuscitation occurred at the moment that the priest pronounced the word "baptism".

"A baby, the child of a heretic mother, had died without baptism. St. Francis had gone to speak to the mother about Catholic doctrine, and prayed that the child would be restored to life long enough to receive Baptism. His prayer was granted, and the whole family became Catholic."

Catholic writing in Acts of the Apostles 10:3, 5, 19, 20, 47 >
3:  "This man saw in a vision manifestly, about the ninth hour of the day, an Angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him: Cornelius ..."
5:  (The Angel states): "And now send men to Joppe, and call hither one Simon, who is surnamed Peter."
19:  "The Spirit said to him: Behold three men seek thee."
20:  "Arise, therefore, get thee down and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them."
47:  "Then Peter answered: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit, as well as we?"

Catholic writing in Acts of the Apostles 9:3, 4, 6, 17, 18 >
3:  "And as he went on his journey, it came to pass that he drew nigh to Damascus; and suddenly a light from heaven shined round about him."
4:  "And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"
6:  "And he trembling and astonished, said: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?"
17:  "And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus hath sent me."
18:  "And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and rising up, he was baptized."

Catholic writing in Acts of the Apostles 8:26, 29, 35-38 >
26:  "Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem into Gaza."
29:  "And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and join thyself to this chariot."
35:  "Then Philip, opening his mouth, and beginning at this scripture, preached unto him Jesus."
36:  "And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water; and the eunuch said: See, here is water: what doth hinder me from being baptized?"
37:  "And Philip said: If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answering, said: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
38:  "And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch: and he baptized him."

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