July 1st

Blessed John Baptist Duverneuil and Peter Labrouhe de Laborderie, Priests and Martyrs

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

On the open sea off Rochefort on the coast of France, Blessed John Baptist Duverneuil, of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, and Peter Aredius Labrouhe de Laborderie, canon of Auvergne, priests and martyrs, who, when the French Revolution was raging, were together imprisoned on a prison ship on account of their priesthood and died worn out by disease.

Latin Original

In salo ante Rupifórtium ad oram Gállize, beatórum Ioánnis Baptiste, Duverneuil, ex Ordine Carmelitárum Discalceatórum, et Petri Arédii Labrouhe de Laborderie, canónici Arvérni, presbyterórum et mártyrum, qui, gállica perturbatióne szeviénte, simul propter sacerdótium in navi servitütis deténti, morbo confécti periérunt.