Jean-Baptiste Lego
Jean-Baptiste Lego (born May 13, 1766 in La Flèche , Sarthe department , † January 1, 1794 in Angers , Maine-et-Loire department ) was a French priest and martyr.
Life
Before his ordination as a diocesan priest (world priest) in Rome, Jean-Baptiste Lego worked as a teacher in Briollay in the Maine-et-Loire department. After the suppression of the Vendée uprising , he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the civil constitution and went underground as a priest. On Christmas Day 1793 he was arrested together with his brother René Lego and other priests and lay people in La Cornuaille in the Maine-et-Loire department. The leader of this group " The Martyrs of Angers ", the priest Guillaume Répin , was brought to Angers and sentenced to death by the local revolutionary committee. The execution of Jean-Baptist Lego with the guillotine was carried out on January 1, 1794 in Angers, the capital of the Maine-et-Loire department, together with eleven priests. The lay people in this group were shot in a field outside the city of Angers and their bodies buried on the spot.
On February 19, 1984, Jean-Baptiste Lego, along with the other 98 members of this group of martyrs, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Rome. The Catholics celebrate the memory of him on January 1st.
See also
- List of beatifications , see there Pontificate John Paul II.
Web links
- Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints, Wilhelm Répin and Companions
- I Martiri di Giovanni Paolo II (1981-2003) Beatificazione celebrata a Roma il 19 febbraio 1984
- Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints, calendar January 1st
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lego, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French priest and martyr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Flèche , Sarthe department |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1794 |
| Place of death | Angers , Maine-et-Loire department |