June 1st

Blessed John Baptist Vernoy de Montjournal

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

On a prison ship anchored off the port of Rochefort in France, Blessed John Baptist Vernoy de Montjournal, priest and martyr, who, a canon of Moulins, was during the time of the French Revolution condemned to the prison ships on account of his priesthood, and, worn out by a wasting disease, died.

Latin Original

In navi servitátis ad áncoram ante portum Rupifórtii 1n Gállia deligáta, beáti Ioánnis Baptistae Vernoy de Montjournal, presbyteri et mártyris, qui, canónicus Molinénsis, temporibus gállicze perturbatiónis propter sacerdótium ad víncula navália damnátus, tábido morbo conféctus Óbiit.