September 12th

Blessed Peter Sulpicius Christopher Faverge

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Rochefort, France · d. 1794

On the prison ships in the roadstead of Rochefort in France, Blessed Peter Sulpicius Christopher Faverge, religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and martyr, who, imprisoned during the French Revolution because he was a religious, devoted all his care to his fellow captives, until, worn out by the contagion, he died a holy death.

Latin Original

Infreto maris Rupifórtii in Gállia, beáti Petri Sulpitii Christóphori Faverge, fratris Scholárum Christianárum et mártyris, qui, in gállica perturbatióne cárceri datus quod religiósus esset, omnem curam concaptivis navávit, donec contagióne consümptus pie occübuit. ? Quorum nomina: beati Franciscus a Sancto Bonaventura et Petrus a Sancta Clara, religiosi ex Ordine Fratrum Minorum, atque Dominicus Magoshichi et Matthaeus a Sancto Thoma Chiwiato, religiosi ex Ordine Przedicatorum.