Pierre-Adrien Toulorge
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, celebrated secret masses and administered the sacraments in secret.
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 Coutances Cathedral.
Patron saint of Persecuted Christians
In the Martyrology
- October 13 Blessed Pierre-Adrien Toulorge, priest and martyr