August 5th

Blessed Pierre-Michel Noël

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

In the waters off Rochefort on the coast of France, Blessed Pierre-Michel Noël, priest of Rouen and martyr, who, in the French Revolution, being inhumanely detained on a prison ship on account of his priesthood, was consumed by a grievous disease.

Latin Original

In freto maris ante Rupifórtium ad litus Gállize, beáti Petri Michaélis Noél, presbyteri Rothomagénsis et mártyris, qui in. gállica perturbatióne propter sacerdótium 1n navi servitütis inhumáne deténtus gravi contagióne consümptus est.