Guillaume Repin

Blessed Guillaume Repin (26 August 1709 – 2 January 1794) was a French priest and martyr.[1] He was beatified on 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II.

Blessed
Guillaume Repin
Catholic Priest, Martyr
Born26 August 1709
Thouarcé, Maine-et-Loire, France
DiedJanuary 2, 1794(1794-01-02) (aged 84)
Guillotine, Angers
Venerated inRoman Catholicism
Beatified19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Feast2 January

Early life

Repin was born in Thouarcé, Maine-et-Loire, France on 26 August 1709.

Religious life

He entered the seminary in Angers at nineteen years of age and was ordained a priest.

Persecution and death

During the French Revolution, on June 17, 1792, he was arrested and kept at a prison workshop. He was released by The Vendee on 17 June 1793. He was arrested again on December 24, 1793, in Mauges and taken to prison to Chalonnes-sur-Loire. He was sentenced to the guillotine and executed by the order of the Revolutionary Committee of Angers.

Beatification

He was beatified on February 19, 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Square, Vatican.[2]

Feast day is celebrated on 2 January.

References
  1. Guillaume Repin et ses quatre-vingt-dix-huit compagnons, Yves Daoudal, 1984
  2. Nominis CEF, Bienheureux, Guillaume Repin (site sans mentions légales)
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