Saint William Saultemouche

[William Saultemouche]
Also known as
Guillaume Saltemouche
Memorial
7 February
Profile
Jesuit. Coadjutor Brother. Preached against Protestantism at Aubenas in the Cevennes, and publicly argued theology with Calvinists. A band of Huguenot raiders dragged him and James Sales before a self-appointed court which publicly argued theology with them, lost the arguments in the minds of many of the onlookers, and then condemned them to prison and death. Martyr.
Born
1555
Died
stabbed to death on 6 February 1593
Beatified
1926
Canonized
pending
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