Blessed Philippe Papon
Profile
Priest of the diocese of Moulins, France. Imprisoned on a ship in the harbor of Rochefort, France and left to die during the anti–Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution. One of the Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort.
Born
- 17 June 1794 aboard the prison ship Deux-Associés, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France of general abuse a few moments after hearing the confession of another dying prisoner
- 2 July 1994 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Philippe Papon“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 July 2023. Web. 20 April 2024. <>