Joseph Moreau
priest and martyr at Angers
Feast: 18 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Angers in France, Blessed Joseph Moreau, priest and martyr, who during the French Revolution was guillotined on the Friday of the Lord's Passion 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 18 April as a priest guillotined at 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.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.