Picture: Le Tellier, Charles-François (en 1743 - en 1800), graveur · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Jean-Baptiste Bottex
French politician
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Feast: 3 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1743
Died
1792
Beatified
October 1926
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Canonised
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Who they were
Also at Paris, on the same day and year, Blessed martyrs Jean-Baptiste Bottex, Michel Marie François de la Gardette, François Hyacinthe le Livec de Trésurin, who in the same circumstances died for Christ in the prison of "La Force".
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 3 September as a martyr who died for Christ in the prison of La Force in Paris.
Connected on this site
- Franciscus Le Livec de Trésurin Blessed“Also at Paris, on the same day and year, Blessed martyrs Jean-Baptiste Bottex, Michel Marie François de la Gardette, Franciscus Le Livec de Trésurin, who in the same circumstances died for Christ in the prison of "La Force".” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q28381959 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.