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Joseph Moreau
priest and martyr at Angers
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Feast: 18 April (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
At Angers in France, Blessed Joseph Moreau, priest and martyr, who during the French Revolution was guillotined on the Friday of the Lord's Passion out of hatred for the Christian faith.
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 18 April as a priest guillotined at Angers during the French Revolution out of hatred for the Christian faith.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R21e9414a — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.