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Blessed Jean-Baptiste Lego

1 January
2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou

Profile

Brother of Blessed René Lego. Priest in the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution for refusing to swear the oath imposed on the clergy by the secular Revolutionary government.

Born

13 May 1766 in La Flèche, Sarthe, France

beheaded on 1 January 1794 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

9 June 1983 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy

Additional Information

books
- Martirlogio Romano, 2004 edizione
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
- Santopedia
- Vidas Santas

sites en français
- La fête des prénoms

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

nettsteder i norsk
- Den katolske kirke

spletne strani v slovenšcini
- Svetniki

MLA Citation

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