CatholicSaints.Info

Memorial

• 2 September

Profile

Studied under the Sulpicians. Awarded a degree in literature in 1775. Ordained in the archdiocese of Paris, France in 1776. Taught philosophy for two years at the seminary of Saint Irenaeus in Lyons, France. Wrote several short works against priests taking the oath of allegience to the civil constitution of the French Revolution as it put them in schism with the Church; for this, he was imprisoned and executed. One of the Martyrs of September.

Born

• 1752 in Paris, France

Died

• 2 September 1792 at the Hôtel des Carmes, Paris, France

Venerated

• 1 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Henri-Hippolyte Ermès“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 April 2015. Web. 25 January 2021. <>