Blessed Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld

Blessed Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld

1744–1792 · Modern

Feast day: September 2

Biography

Blessed Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers, born on October 12, 1744, at the Logis du Vivier (Saint-Cybard-d'Eyrat) and died on September 2, 1792, at the Carmes Prison (Paris), was an 18th-century French prelate and politician. Bishop of Saintes, 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.

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

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