Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand
Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand (24 November 1751 – 2 September 1792) was a French Catholic prelate who served as vicar general of the Archdiocese of Arles and was one of the 191 Catholic Martyrs of September 1792, killed in the September Massacres during the French Revolution. He was beatified as a member of that group on 17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI.
Life
Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand was born on 24 November 1751, at Château de Lascoux in Celles, Dordogne, the son of Henri de Foucauld (1712–1775), seigneur of Lascoux[1] and Sibylle Marie du Lau d'Allemans. He belonged to the Pontbriand branch of the Foucauld (Périgord) family; he was the great-great uncle of Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916).
He took religious orders and became canon of
Martyrdom
During the
Foucauld de Pontbriant's remains, along with those of his fellow martyrs, are entombed in the cemetery of the former Carmelite priory, 70 rue de Vaugirard, Paris.[3]
References
- ^ A fief of the parish of Celles.
- ^ a b Bluche, F. (1986) Septembre 1792 : logiques d'un massacre, p. 219.
- ^ "Son Action". L'association des Martyrs de la Révolution (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2013.
Bibliography
- (in French) Gérard Cholvy (editor), Un évêque dans la tourmente révolutionnaire, Jean Marie du Lau, archevêque d'Arles, et ses compagnons martyrs, 1792–1992, colloque du IIe centenaire tenu à Arles les 2-4 octobre 1992, Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry, 1995.