Guillaume Repin

Blessed Guillaume Repin

Martyr
Born	26 August 1709 Thouarcé, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died	January 2, 1794(1794-01-02) (aged 84) Angers, France
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Feast	2 January

Guillaume Repin (26 August 1709 – 2 January 1794) was a French priest and martyr.^[1] He was beatified on 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II.

Life

Repin was born in Thouarcé, Maine-et-Loire, France on 26 August 1709. He entered the seminary in Angers at nineteen years of age and was ordained a priest.

During the French Revolution, on June 17, 1792, he was arrested and kept at a prison workshop. He was released by The Vendee on 17 June 1793. He was arrested again on December 24, 1793, in Mauges and taken to prison to Chalonnes-sur-Loire. He was sentenced to the guillotine and executed by the order of the Revolutionary Committee of Angers.

Beatification

Repin's spiritual writings were approved by theologians on 27 July 1951.^[2] He was beatified on February 19, 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter's Square, Vatican.^[3] His feast is celebrated on 2 January.

References

^ Guillaume Repin et ses quatre-vingt-dix-huit compagnons, Yves Daoudal, 1984
^ Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January 1953. p. 89.
^ Nominis CEF, Bienheureux, Guillaume Repin (site sans mentions légales)