Philippe Papon
Parish priest of Contigny in the diocese of Moulins, martyr
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom describes him as parish priest of the town of Contigny in the diocese of Moulins, born on 5 October 1744 and dead on 17 June; the Roman Martyrology says that during the French Revolution he was reduced, because of his priesthood, to a humiliating imprisonment aboard a ship off Rochefort, and that after giving absolution to a dying fellow prisoner he died himself. 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 gave absolution to a dying fellow prisoner and then died himself.
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. 20 - decree on martyrdom
- Roman Martyrology, 17 June (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.