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Blessed Fortanerio

29 May

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Cleric, working with the Inquisition. Basing their operations in a farmhouse outside Avignonet, France, he and his brother missioners worked against heresy. Murdered by Albigensian heretics while singing the Te Deum on the eve of Ascension. One of the Martyrs of Toulouse.

beaten to death on the night of 28 to 29 May 1242 in the church of Avignonet, Toulouse, France

1 September 1866 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati
- Santi e Beati
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Fortanerio“. CatholicSaints.Info. 24 May 2020. Web. 22 April 2021. <>