Blessed François-Joseph de La Rochefoucauld

Blessed François-Joseph de La Rochefoucauld

1736–1792 · Modern

Feast day: September 2

Biography

Blessed François-Joseph de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers (Angoulême (Saint-Jean parish), February 28, 1736 – Paris, September 2, 1792) was an 18th-century French prelate and politician. As Bishop of Beauvais, he was elected as a deputy for the clergy to the Estates General of 1789. Having refused to take the constitutional oath, he was killed in September 1792. He is recognized by the Catholic Church as a martyr and blessed. His feast day is September 2.

Translated from French Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · machine translation

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