The Holy September Martyrs (French: Saints Martyrs de Septembre), also referred to as the Blessed Martyrs of Carmes (Bienheureux Martyrs des Carmes), is the term sometimes used for 191 Roman Catholics killed at the Carmes Prison in Paris in the September Massacres of 1792 during the French Revolution.

History

After they refused to take the oath in support of the civil constitution of the clergy, they were imprisoned in a Carmelite convent.[1] On September 2 and 3, 1792 they were massacred by revolutionary mobs.[2]

The victims included: Bishop of Saintes Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld,[3] his brother François-Joseph de la Rochefoucauld, Bishop of Beauvais, and John du Lau, Archbishop of Arles. In addition, 127 secular priests, 56 monks and nuns, as well as 5 laypeople were killed. Eighty-six of the priests and four of the laity belonged to the Diocese of Paris.

"John du Lau and Companions" were beatified by Pope Pius XI 134 years later in October 1926, and are commemorated on 2 September in the Roman Martyrology.[4] and in local calendars. One of the martyrs, Salomone Leclercq, was canonized by Pope Francis in 2016.

  • Renatus Andrieux
  • Apollinaris of Posat, Swiss Capuchin
  • John Francis Burte, Franciscan friar
  • John Charles Caron, Vincentian
  • Nicolas Colin, Vincentian
  • Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand
  • Louis Joseph François, Vincentian priest,[5]
  • Severin Girualt, chaplain of the convent of Saint Elizabeth in Paris
  • André Grasset, the first Canadian-born person to be beatified.[6]
  • John Henry Gruyer, Vincentian priest[5]
  • Peter René Rogue, Vincentian priest[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "September Martyrs", Angelus News, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, September 2, 2022
  2. ↑ Davoren, Mark. "The Martyrs of September, Blessed John du Lau and Companions", Dominican Friars of England and Wales, and Scotland
  3. ↑ Richard Ballard (2010). "Chapter 9. The End of the Bishop of Saintes". The Unseen Terror: The French Revolution in the Provinces. New York-London: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85773-186-9.
  4. ↑ Martyrologium Romanum, 2004, pp. 492–493
  5. 1 2 3 "Five Vincentian Martyrs of the French Revolution", Famvin, September 1, 2017
  6. ↑ John Kalbfleisch, 'Second Draft: In revolutionary France, Montreal-born André Grasset was martyred for his faith', Montreal Gazette, 2 September 2016

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