On the sea off Rochefort in France, Blessed Joseph Marchandon, priest and martyr, who, during the upheaval of the French Revolution, was confined on account of his priesthood in a squalid prison ship and, worn away by hunger and disease, passed to the Father.
September 22nd
Blessed Joseph Marchandon
Latin Original
In salo ante Rupifórtium in Gállia, beáti Ioséphi Marchandon, presbyteri et mártyris, qui, témpore gállice perturbatiónis propter sacerdótium in tábidam actuáriam coniéctus, esüárie ac morbo consüámptus ad Patrem migrávit.