September 5th

Blessed Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Rochefort, France

On a squalid ship anchored in the open sea off Rochefort in France, Blessed Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac, priest and martyr, who, condemned during the French Revolution on account of his priesthood, completed his martyrdom by disease, a victim of his charity and zeal in attending to his sick fellow prisoners.

Latin Original

In sórdido navígio áncoris deligáto in salo ante Rupifórtium in Gállia, beáti Floréntii Dumontet de Cardaillac, presbyteri et mártyris, qui, témpore gállicee perturbatiónis propter sacerdótium damnátus, caritátis zelíque sui in concaptívis zegrótis assidéndis victima morbo martyrium complévit.