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French Martyr Moves Closer to Sainthood

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French Martyr Moves Closer to Sainthood

Yesterday afternoon, Pope Francis received Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato. During the audience, he authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes, including that of French martyr, Father Solomon Leclercq. In the late 19th century, when religious orders were outlawed during the French Revolution, the priest went into hiding. During the September Massacres of 1792, he was martyred, along with nearly 200 hundred others.

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