Martyrs of September

Also known as

Martyrs of Paris; Martyrs of Carmes

Memorial

2 September and 3 September

Profile

A group of 191 martyrs who died in the French Revolution. They were imprisoned in the Carmelite house in the rue de Rennes, Paris by the Legislative Assembly for refusing to take the oath to support the civil constitution of the clergy. This act placed priests under the control of the state, and had been condemned by the Vatican. The members include:

• Andre Grasset de Saint Sauveur
• Apollinaris of Posat
• Augustine Ambrose Chevreux
• John Francis Burte, Franciscan
• Charles de la Calmette
• Francis de la Rochefoucauld, bishop of Beauvais
• John Mary du Lau
• Julian Massey
• Louis Barreau de la Touche, OSB, nephew of Augustine of Chevreux and monk of Saint Maur
• Louis de la Rochefoucauld, bishop of Saintes
• Severin Girault, Franciscan

Died

massacred by a mob on 2 and 3 September 1792

Beatified

17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

pending

Print References

Saints to Remember, by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart

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