Claude Laplace
Curate of Saint-Bonnet in the diocese of Moulins, martyr
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom describes him as curate of the parish of Saint-Bonnet in the diocese of Moulins, born on 15 November 1725 and dead on 14 September; the Roman Martyrology says that during the French Revolution he was thrown, for his priesthood, into a ship lying at anchor off Rochefort and completed his martyrdom worn out by a deadly infection. He was beatified on 1 October 1995 by John Paul II, among Jean-Baptiste Souzy and his sixty-three companions whose martyrdom in 1794-1795 the decree declared.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology says he was thrown into a prison ship for his priesthood and completed his martyrdom worn out by a deadly infection.
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.
Connected on this site
- Jean-Baptiste Souzy Blessed“He was beatified on 1 October 1995 by John Paul II, among Jean-Baptiste Souzy and his sixty-three companions whose martyrdom in 1794-1795 the decree declared.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 87 (1995), p. 20 - decree on martyrdom
- Roman Martyrology, 14 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 1 October 1995
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.