On a prison ship off Rochefort on the coast of France, blessed Claude Barnabé Laurent de Mascloux and François d’Oudinot de la Boissière, priests and martyrs, who, arrested on account of their priesthood during the upheaval of the French Revolution and consigned to the prison hulks, were stricken by a grave illness brought on by starvation and died for Christ.
September 7th
Blessed Claude Barnabé Laurent de Mascloux and François d'Oudinot de la Boissière, Martyrs of Rochefort
Latin Original
In actuária ante Rupifórtium ad oram Gálliz, beatórum Cláudii Bárnabz Laurent de Mascloux et Francisci d’Oudinot de la Boissiére, presbyterórum et mártyrum, qui, témpore gállice perturbatiónis propter sacerdótium comprehénsi et ad navália vincula destináti, gravi morbo ob famem corrépti pro Christo occubuérunt.