Pierre-René Rogue
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Pierre-René Rogue (11 June 1758 – 3 March 1796) was a
His death at the
Life
Pierre-René Rogue was born on 11 June 1758 as the sole child to Claudio Rogue (d. c. 1758) and Francisca Loisea (d. 1812
After he completed his studies at the age of seventeen in Saint-Yves college in 1775 he moved to
The
It was around this time he sought refuge with his mother on 2 January 1792 though soon fled and continued moving from place to place while changing clothes to continue his pastoral mission without being noticed.
A man named Le Meut[2] who found work due to Rogue's mother – and still received financial aid from her – alerted the authorities to Rogue and his "opposition" to the new French government which would result in Rogue's arrest.[1] On the evening of 24 December 1795 he went to give the Viaticum to a sick man but was arrested and jailed in Vannes. He comforted other inmates and fellow jailed priests for two months.
His first interrogation was held on 29 February 1796 despite the reluctance of officials who did not want to interrogate nor list him in a future trial. Rogue's mother was present at the tribunal of 2 March 1796 that condemned him to death while a citizen said to her: "You reared a monster!" upon her responding to his question of whether or not the priest was her son.[2] The trial was conducted in the church that Rogue was ordained in.
On 3 March 1796 at 3:00pm he and another priest were led out of the prison with their collars cut and their hair shaved from the neck with their hands tied behind their back. The pair were to be taken to the guillotine in the market square and he sang a song he wrote in prison on the path to the scaffold. He arrived at the scaffolding and noticed Le Meut there and so gave him his watch. The executioner was in fact one of Rogue's former pupils and was unsure of what he should do – but he nevertheless followed his orders.[2] After he died a soldier present said: "He was not a man: he was an angel!" His mother was present at his death.[1][4] Believers rushed to the guillotine to collect his blood on cloth brought forward. He was exhumed in 1934 and reinterred under the altar of the Vannes Cathedral.
Appearance
Rogue stood at four feet ten inches tall in his lifetime. He had brown hair around a bald pate with brown brows above weak-sighted blue eyes. He also had dimpled chin with a beard.[2]
Beatification
The beatification proceedings commenced in an informative process that started on 22 February 1908 and closed after the conclusion of its business on 9 January 1912. The process was tasked with collecting available evidence on Rogue's life and attesting to his potential saintliness. The process was conducted in the
Theologians garnered all of his writings and issued their approval in a decree dated 22 March 1922. The role of the theologians was to compile a dossier on all of his letters and other writings in order to ascertain whether or not such texts remained inline with the magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church. The approval of Rogue's works allowed for the cause to continue to the next stage despite the fact that an apostolic process was dispensed.
These processes occurred despite the fact that the formal introduction of the cause did not come until 12 June 1929 in a move that bestowed the title of Servant of God on the late priest.
The processes that had occurred were ratified before it could proceed to the
References
- ^ a b c d e "Pierre-René Rogue". Famvin. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Pierre-René Rogue". Vincentians. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d "Pierre-René Rogue". Saints SQPN. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Blessed Pierre-René Rogue". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 18 May 2016.