Blessed Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac
Also known as
- Fiorenzo Dumontet de Cardaillac
Profile
Priest in the diocese of Castres, France. Imprisoned for his faith on a prison ship during the persecutions of the French Revolution, he ministered to other prisoners and cared for the sick until his own health broke. Martyr. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
- 8 February 1749 in Saint-Médard, Haute-Vienne, France
- 5 September 1794 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 Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 September 2017. Web. 18 June 2021. <>