Blessed Santino Huré

Sanktus Huré, also known as Saintin Huré (born 1765 in Vigny near Rouen, died September 2, 1792, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés), was a French Catholic priest and blessed. He was a priest in the Diocese of Versailles. As the persecution of Catholics intensified in revolutionary France, he was arrested in Paris on August 10 while visiting his brother. Initially imprisoned in the dungeons of the town hall, he was subsequently transferred to the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. He was killed by a mob during the September Massacres, which had previously murdered other prisoners being transported from the town hall to the abbey. He is commemorated on the anniversary of his death. Sanktus Huré was beatified on October 17, 1926, by Pope Pius XI, along with 190 other French martyrs.