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Born | Muneville-le-Bingard, Manche, Kingdom of France | 4 May 1757
Died | 13 October 1793 Coutances, Manche, French First Republic | (aged 36)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 29 April 2012, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Coutances, France by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
Feast | 13 October |
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Patronage | Persecuted Christians |
Pierre-Adrien Toulorge (4 May 1757 - 13 October 1793) was a French Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Premonstratensians and was killed during the French Revolution - he also remained in hiding for most of the revolution and celebrated secret Masses and administered the sacraments in secret.[1][2]
Toulorge was beatified on 29 April 2012 after Pope Benedict XVI confirmed that the late priest was killed "in odium fidei" ('in hatred of the faith'). Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the celebration on the pope's behalf in the Coutances Cathedral.[3]