Pierre-Sulpice-Christophe Faverge
Who they were
In the sea off Rochefort in France, Blessed Pierre-Sulpice-Christophe Faverge, Brother of the Christian Schools and martyr, who, put on a prison ship during the French Revolution because he was a religious, gave every care to his fellow prisoners until, consumed by the contagion, he died piously.
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 12 September as a Brother of the Christian Schools who died caring for fellow prisoners on a ship off Rochefort.
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, 12 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q112612902 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.