François Hunot
Canon of Brienon in the archdiocese of Sens, martyr
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom describes him as a canon of the collegiate chapter of the town of Brienon in the archdiocese of Sens, born on 12 February 1753 and dead on 6 October; the Roman Martyrology says that in the persecution of the Church he was shut up in a foul prison ship off Rochefort because of his priesthood, and there gave up his spirit to God, stricken with fever. 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 shut up in a foul prison ship because of his priesthood and gave up his spirit stricken with fever.
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. 205 - decree on martyrdom
- Roman Martyrology, 6 October (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.