Blessed Antoine Bannassat
Profile
Priest in the diocese of Limoges, 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
- of starvation on 18 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
- 2 July 1994 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Antoine Bannassat“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 July 2023. Web. 19 April 2024. <>