Blessed Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil

Blessed Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil

1737–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Feast day: July 1

Biography

Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil was a priest of the Discalced Carmelites at the house in Angoulême. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana. Imprisoned on a ship at the Rochefort pontoons, he died on July 1, 1794. He was beatified by John Paul II as a martyr of the faith on October 1, 1995, along with 63 other priests and religious.

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