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Also known as

• Sébastien of Nancy

Memorial

• 10 August

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Franciscan Capuchin priest. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti–Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.

Born

• 17 January 1749 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Died

• 10 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France

Venerated

• 2 July 1994 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Blessed François François“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 December 2019. Web. 23 January 2021. <>