Guillaume Repin
Blessed Guillaume Repin | |
|---|---|
| Catholic Priest, Martyr | |
| Born | 26 August 1709 Thouarcé, Maine-et-Loire, France |
| Died | 2 January 1794 Guillotine, Angers |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
| Beatified | 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 2 January |
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.
Repin was born in Thouarcé, Maine-et-Loire, France. He entered the seminary in Angers at nineteen years of age and was ordained a priest. During the French Revolution, on 17 June 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 24 December 1793 in Mauges and taken to prison to Chalonnes-sur-Loire. He was sentenced to the Guillotine and executed by the order of Revolutionary Committee of Angers.
He was beatified on 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Square, Vatican.[2]
Feast day is celebrated on 2 January.
References
- ^ Guillaume Repin et ses quatre-vingt-dix-huit compagnons, Yves Daoudal, 1984
- ^ Nominis CEF, Bienheureux, Guillaume Repin (site sans mentions légales)