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Blessed Charles-Antoine-Nicolas Ancel

29 July

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Eudist 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

11 October 1763 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

29 July 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France

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

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

other sites in english

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

sites en français
- La fête des prénoms
- Wikipedia

fonti in italiano
- Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati
- Wikipedia

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