Martyrs Of The Hulks Of Rochefort

Blessed Gervaisprotais Brunel

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

20-Aug

Born

18 June 1744 in Magnières, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France of typhus

Died

20 August 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

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

Biography

Blessed Gervaisprotais Brunel, also known as Gervais-Protais Brunel, was a Trappist monk, priest, and the Prior of La Trappe Abbey in early 1790. He was born on 18 June 1744 in Magnières, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1995-10-01 by 1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

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