Noël Pinot
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| Beatified | 31 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI |
| Feast | February 21 |
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Noël Pinot (9 December 9 1747 - 21 February 1794) was a
Biography
Born the last of sixteen children to a humble
He was first appointed vicar in Bousse in 1772 and then chaplain at Angers in August 1781. In September 1789 he became pastor of Le Louroux-Béconnais commune.
During the French Revolution, he refused to take the oath of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy unlike his superior, Mathurin Garanger who took the oath on Sunday, 23 January 1791 and was later a member of the Petite Église. He was accused by the revolutionary municipality of "engaging in ecclesiastical activities to oppose the law". On Sunday 27 February, he was brought before the court.
Denounced, he was arrested on 5 March and sentenced to
He was arrested on the night of 8 February 1794 during a clandestine
He was executed wearing the
Veneration
On 26 August 1864,
He was beatified by Pope Pius XI in October 1926. Ninety-nine Martyrs d'Angers were beatified by Pope John Paul II on 19 February 1984. His feast day is celebrated on 21 February.
See also
- Persecution of Catholics
- Anti-Catholics
- Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution
References
- ^ Bulletin of the historical and archaeological Survey of Mayenne , Laval, Imprimerie L. Moreau, t. 281912, P. (1912). "Bulletin of the historical and archaeological survey of Mayenne": 114–115.
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