Tomasz Rehm
Who they were
At anchor off Rochefort on the French coast, Blessed Tomasz Rehm (named in the entry John George (James) Rhem), priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who, handed over during the persecution to a foul imprisonment, urged his cruelly tried fellow prisoners to hope, until he himself died for Christ, worn down by an incurable illness.
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 11 August as a Dominican priest and martyr who died on a prison 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, 11 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q20030908 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.