Raymond Petiniaud de Jourgnac
Who they were
On a cargo ship anchored in the port of Rochefort in France, Blessed Raymond Petiniaud de Jourgnac, priest and martyr, who, archdeacon of Limoges, during the French Revolution was held because of his priesthood in inhuman conditions in prison, where he completed his martyrdom, eaten away by sores and lice.
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 26 June as an archdeacon of Limoges who died a martyr on a prison ship at Rochefort during the French Revolution.
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, 26 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q112612563 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.