Barthélemy Jarrige de La Morelie de Biars
Who they were
In a squalid prison ship anchored off Rochefort on the French coast, Blesseds Louis Armand Joseph Adam, of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, and Barthélemy Jarrige de La Morelie de Biars, priests and martyrs, who, condemned during the persecution against the Church to confinement on the ships because of their priesthood, died of disease, victims of their charity towards their fellow prisoners.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 13 July as a priest and martyr who died of disease on a prison ship off Rochefort, a victim of his charity towards his fellow prisoners.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 13 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q114349645 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.