Petrus Guérin du Rocher was born in Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume in 1731.
[2] He taught philosophy at Bourges in 1762, before travelling around Italy, Germany and Poland, developing theories of biblical Exegesis, which contradicted the Encyclopédistes.
[3] His work saw him become director of a house of new converts in Paris and Queen Marie Antoinettechose him as her Confessor.
[3] On the 2nd September 1792 he was one of the priests, along with his brother Robert Guérin du Rocher killed by a mob in the September Massacres.
[4][5] 134 years later, he and his fellow Holy September Martyrs were beatified by Pope Pius XI in October 1926[6] This biographical article about a French religious figure is a stub.