Blessed James Sales

Also known as: Jacques Sales
Memorial: 7 February
Profile: Jesuit. Preached against Protestantism at Aubenas in the Cevennes. A band of Huguenot raiders dragged him and William Saultemouche before a self-appointed court which argued theology with them, and then condemned them to death. Martyr.
Born: 1556
Died: shot 6 February 1593
Beatified: 1926
Canonized: pending
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