Blessed Jean-Baptiste Menestrel

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Priest in the diocese of Saint-Dié, France. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti–Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.

Born

• 5 December 1748 in Serécourt, Vosges, France

Died

• 16 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Washington, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France

Venerated

• 2 July 1994 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

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MLA Citation

• “Blessed Jean-Baptiste Menestrel“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 August 2015. Web. 3 August 2015. <>