Robert Guérin du Rocher
Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI | |
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Feast | September 2 |
Robert Guérin du Rocher was born in
Jesuit priest.[2]
He did missionary work in the Middle east and eventually settled as a pastor in Salonika, before being expelled by the Ottomans.[3] On returning to France he bacmae spiritual director for the Sisters of the Visitation in Paris.[3]
On the 2nd September 1792 he was one of the priests, along with his older brother Petrus killed by a mob in the
beatified by Pope Pius XI in October 1926[5]
References
- ^ "Den salige Robert Guérin du Rocher (1736-1792)". Den katolske kirke.
- ^ "Robert Franciszek Guérin du Rocher SJ | Katalog Online 1.0".
- ^ a b c "Blessed Robert Guérin du Rocher | The Society of Jesus". www.jesuits.global.
- ^ "Saint/s of the Day – 2 September – The September Martyrs of the French Revolution Died 1792". September 2, 2021.
- ^ Martyrologium Romanum, 2004, pp. 492–493