After they refused to take the oath in support of the civil constitution of the clergy, they were imprisoned in a Carmelite convent.
[2] The victims included: Bishop of Saintes Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld,[3] his brother François-Joseph de la Rochefoucauld, Bishop of Beauvais, and John du Lau, Archbishop of Arles.
In addition, 127 secular priests, 56 monks and nuns, as well as 5 laypeople were killed.
[4] "John du Lau and Companions" were beatified by Pope Pius XI 134 years later in October 1926, and are commemorated on 2 September in the Roman Martyrology.
Source:[8] Archbishops Bishops Diocesan Clergy Deacons Seminarians Roman Catholic Laity Order of Minims Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians) Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists) Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) Paris Foreign Missions Society Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) Capuchin Franciscans (Capuchins) Congregation of Christian Doctrine (Christian Doctrine Fathers) Canons Regular of Saint Victor Canons Regular of the Congregation of France
Image used for the beatification ceremony
Blesseds Pierre-Louis de la Rochefoucauld-Bayers (left), Jean-Marie du Lau D’Alleman (center), and François-Joseph de la Rochefoucauld-Maumont (right)
Blessed Jacques-Augustin Robert de Lézardière, one of five deacons martyred during the Revolution.
Blessed Martyrs of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudist order)
Blesseds Charles (left, Minim) and Louis-Benjamin Hurtrel (right, Deacon)
Portrait of the twenty-four Jesuits martyred during the French Revolution
Salomon Leclercq, from the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers), currently the only French Revolution martyr to be canonized (2016).
Blessed Ambroise-Augustin Chevreux, Benedictine monk martyred during the French Revolution. From the Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie.
Three martyred Franciscans from different branches recognized.
Blesseds Claude Bochot and Eustache Félix, priests from the Congregation of Christian Doctrine (Christian Doctrine Fathers).
Blessed Vincentian Martyrs of the French Revolution
Blessed Anne-Alexandre-Charles-Marie Lanfant, a Jesuit priest who served for two years as confessor to King Louis XVI.
Blessed Andre Grasset, the only Canadian priest martyred during the French Revolution.
