Pierre-Arède Labrouhe de Laborderie
canon of Clermont-Ferrand, priest and martyr on the prison ships of Rochefort
Feast: 1 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the stretch of sea off Rochefort on the French coast, Blesseds Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil, of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, and Pierre-Arède Labrouhe de Laborderie, canon of Clermont-Ferrand, priests and martyrs, who during the French Revolution, held together on a prison ship because of their priesthood, died worn out by disease.
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 1 July as a canon of Clermont-Ferrand who was held on a prison ship off Rochefort for his priesthood and died worn out by disease.
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 Duverneuil Blessed“In the stretch of sea off Rochefort on the French coast, Blesseds Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil, of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, and Pierre-Arède Labrouhe de Laborderie, canon of Clermont-Ferrand, priests and martyrs, who during the French Revolution, held together on a prison ship because of their priesthood,…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 1 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q114349738 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.