August 10th

Blessed Claude Joseph Jouffret de Bonnefont and Companions, Martyrs of Rochefort

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Rochefort, France

On the sea off Rochefort on the coast of France, the Blesseds Claude Joseph Jouffret de Bonnefont, of the Society of Saint Sulpice, Francis François, of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and Lazarus Tiersot, of the Carthusian Order, priests and martyrs, who, during the French Revolution, were confined to a squalid prison ship and completed their martyrdom on account of their priesthood.

Latin Original

Infreto maris ante Rupifórtium ad oram Gállize, beatórum Cláudii Ioséphi Jouffret de Bonnefont, e Societáte Sancti Sulpítii, Francisci Frangois, ex Ordine Fratrum Minórum Capuccinórum, et Lázari Tiersot, ex Ordine Cartusiénsi, presbyterórum et mártyrum, qui, témpore gállicz perturbatiónis 1n feedam navem relegáti, propter sacerdótium martyrium complevérunt. 445