Joseph Juge de Saint-Martin
Who they were
In the stretch of sea off Rochefort in France, Blessed Joseph Juge de Saint-Martin, priest and martyr, who, a canon of Limoges, during the French Revolution was inhumanly held on a prison ship for his priesthood, where, worn out by disease, he passed to the Lord.
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 7 July as a canon of Limoges who died on a prison ship off Rochefort during the French Revolution, held for his priesthood.
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, 7 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q112612965 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.