Aug 22

Blessed Elijah Leymarie de Laroche

August 22nd XVIII century

Name
Elías (Masculino)
Celebrate
People named Elías use to celebrate 20-Jul:
Saint Elijah Prophet
Other saints
Other saints named Elías
Dead
in Rochefort, in current France
Celebration
August 22nd
In the sea off Rochefort, France, blessed Elijah Leymarie de Laroche, priest and martyr, who, during the French Revolution, was imprisoned in an old ship anchored, was cruelly mistreated and, having fallen ill, breathed his spirit. Roman martyrology