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Jean-Baptiste Vernoy de Montjournal
priest and martyr on the galleys at Rochefort
BlessedResearched
Feast: 1 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
On a galley anchored off Rochefort in France, Blessed Jean-Baptiste Vernoy de Montjournal, priest and martyr, who, a canon of Moulins, during the French Revolution, condemned for his priesthood to confinement on the ships, died struck down by illness.
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 1 June as a canon of Moulins who, condemned for his priesthood during the French Revolution, died of illness on a galley off Rochefort.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rbd94164b — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.