August 28th

Blessed Charles-Arnould Hanus

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Rochefort, France

On a prison ship at anchor off Rochefort on the coast of France, Blessed Charles-Arnould Hanus, priest and martyr, who, in the time of the French Revolution, was confined in a hulk on account of his priesthood and, worn out by failing strength and soon stricken by disease, completed his martyrdom.

Latin Original

Ad áncoras ante Rupifórtium ad oram Gállize, beáti Cároli Arnáldi Hanus, presb*teri et mártyris, qui, témpore gállicze perturbatiónis propter sacerdótium in navi actuária reclásus, defectióne vírium et mox morbo corréptus martyrium consummávit. 1? Ouorum nomina: beati Gulielmus Gunter, Robertus Morton, Thomas Holford et Iacobus Claxton, presbyteri; Thomas Felton, clericus ex Ordine Fratrum Minorum; Henricus Webley et Hugo More, laici.