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• 26 July

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Priest in the diocese of Bourges, France. 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

• 3 November 1751 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France

Died

• 26 July 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 Marcel-Gaucher Labiche de Reignefort“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 December 2019. Web. 6 December 2019. <>