Georges-Edme René
French catholic priest
Who they were
In the sea off Rochefort in France, in a squalid galley at anchor, Blessed Georges-Edme René, priest and martyr, who, a canon of Vézelay, condemned during the French Revolution to naval detention for having exercised the priestly ministry, died consumed by gangrene.
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 2 October as a canon of Vézelay who died of gangrene on a prison galley off Rochefort for exercising his priestly ministry.
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, 2 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q114349558 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.