Aug 23

Blessed Jean Bourdon

August 23rd XVIII century

Name
Juan (Masculino)
Celebrate
People named Juan use to celebrate 24-Jun:
Saint John the Baptist, nativity
Other saints
Other saints named Juan
Secular name
Protasio Bourdon
Dead
in Rochefort, in current France
Celebration
August 23rd
Religious
de la Orden de los Hermanos Menores Capuchinos
On a ship anchored opposite Rochefort, on the coast of France, blessed Jean (Protasio) Bourdon, priest of the order of Capuchin lesser brothers and martyr, imprisoned along with several priests in the time of the French Revolution, sought relief to the fellow captives, until he died of the plague infected. Roman martyrology