Blessed Augustin-Joseph Desgardin
Also known as
- Élie
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Trappist monk. Imprisoned on an old ship during the anti–Catholic excesses of the French Revolution. He spent his time there caring for sick fellow prisoners. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
- 21 December 1750 in Hénin-Liétard, Pas-de-Calais, France
- 6 July 1794 of sickness and mistreatment aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
- 2 July 1994 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Augustin-Joseph Desgardin“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 July 2017. Web. 19 January 2019. <>