Jean Ménard
martyr at Avrillé
Feast: 16 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Avrillé near Angers in France, the blessed martyrs Pierre Delépine, Jean Ménard and twenty-four companions, who, almost all of them country people, were shot during the French Revolution out of hatred for the Christian faith.
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 16 April among the country people shot at Avrillé near Angers during the French Revolution out of hatred for the Christian faith.
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
- Madeleine Sallé Blessed“At Avrillé near Angers in France, the blessed martyrs Pierre Delépine, Jean Ménard and twenty-four companions, who, almost all of them country people, were shot during the French Revolution out of hatred for the Christian faith.” — this site's research
- Marguerite Robin Blessed“At Avrillé near Angers in France, the blessed martyrs Pierre Delépine, Jean Ménard and twenty-four companions, who, almost all of them country people, were shot during the French Revolution out of hatred for the Christian faith.” — this site's research
- Marie Geneviève Poulain de la Forestrie Blessed“At Avrillé near Angers in France, the blessed martyrs Pierre Delépine, Jean Ménard and twenty-four companions, who, almost all of them country people, were shot during the French Revolution out of hatred for the Christian faith.” — this site's research
- Marie Roger Blessed“At Avrillé near Angers in France, the blessed martyrs Pierre Delépine, Jean Ménard and twenty-four companions, who, almost all of them country people, were shot during the French Revolution out of hatred for the Christian faith.” — this site's research
- Perrine Laurent Blessed“At Avrillé near Angers in France, the blessed martyrs Pierre Delépine, Jean Ménard and twenty-four companions, who, almost all of them country people, were shot during the French Revolution out of hatred for the Christian faith.” — this site's research
- Pierre Delépine Blessed“At Avrillé near Angers in France, the blessed martyrs Pierre Delépine, Jean Ménard and twenty-four companions, who, almost all of them country people, were shot during the French Revolution out of hatred for the Christian faith.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.