Petrus Guérin du Rocher | |
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Born | Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume, France | 1 March 1731
Died | 2 September 1792 Carmes Prison, Paris, France | (aged 61)
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 17 October 1926, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI |
Feast | September 2 |
Petrus Guérin du Rocher was born in Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume in 1731. [1] He was a priest of the Jesuits. [2] He taught philosophy at Bourges in 1762, before travelling around Italy, Germany and Poland, developing theories of biblical Exegesis, which contradicted the Encyclopédistes. [3] His work saw him become director of a house of new converts in Paris and Queen Marie Antoinettechose him as her Confessor. [3]
On the 2nd September 1792 he was one of the priests, along with his brother Robert Guérin du Rocher killed by a mob in the September Massacres. [4] [5] 134 years later, he and his fellow Holy September Martyrs were beatified by Pope Pius XI in October 1926 [6]
Petrus Guérin du Rocher | |
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Born | Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume, France | 1 March 1731
Died | 2 September 1792 Carmes Prison, Paris, France | (aged 61)
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 17 October 1926, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI |
Feast | September 2 |
Petrus Guérin du Rocher was born in Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume in 1731. [1] He was a priest of the Jesuits. [2] He taught philosophy at Bourges in 1762, before travelling around Italy, Germany and Poland, developing theories of biblical Exegesis, which contradicted the Encyclopédistes. [3] His work saw him become director of a house of new converts in Paris and Queen Marie Antoinettechose him as her Confessor. [3]
On the 2nd September 1792 he was one of the priests, along with his brother Robert Guérin du Rocher killed by a mob in the September Massacres. [4] [5] 134 years later, he and his fellow Holy September Martyrs were beatified by Pope Pius XI in October 1926 [6]