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Also known as

• Brother Léon

Memorial

• 21 May

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Member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, entering the novitiate on 14 January 1744. 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

• 12 December 1724 in Rheims, Ardennes, France

Died

• 21 May 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 Jean Mopinot“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 July 2023. Web. 29 April 2024. <>