(18)       THOMAS-MERLE DE CASTILLON AND 71 COMPANIONS

                FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE OF  LYON

        1.    Claude-François Guilhermet

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1728 in Villars-les-Dombes, Ain (France)

        2.    Claude Régny

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1747 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        3.    ANTOINE-JOSEPH LANOIX

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1740 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 09 September 1792 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        4.    Jean Patural

                deacon of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1766 in Leigneux, Loire (France)

                died: 11 November 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        5.    Pierre Bruyère

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1743 in Montbrison, Loire (France)

        6.    Jean-Marie Molin [Mollin]

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: ? in Chalmazel, Loire (France)

        7.    Guillaume Carton

                priest of the archdiocese of Clermont

                born: 1753 in Puy-de-Dôme (France)

                died: 03 December 1793 in Feurs, Loire (France)

         8.    Antoine Perrier

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1735 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 05 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        9.    Thomas-Merle de Castillon

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1747 in Aiguillon, Lot-et-Garonne (France)

        10.  Pierre-Antoine Lebrumat [Le Bremont]

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1762 in Natua, Ain (France)

                died: 15 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        11.  Jean-François-Xavier Roux (François-Régis)

                professed priest, Discalced Augustinians (now extinct)

                born: 1739 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône (France)

        12.  Simon de Cotton

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1741 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 16 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        13.  Pierre FraIsse

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1730 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 17 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        14.  Françoise Berruyer veuve Gagnière

                layperson of the archdiocese of Lyon; married

                born: 1760 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        15.  Marguerite PoNTauD [Poutheaud or Potot]

                layperson of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1739 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 18 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        16.  Marc-Antoine de Noyel

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1730 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 19 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        17.  Pierre Bourdin

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1723 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        18.  Pierre Aurouze

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1751 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 21 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        19.  Claude Rollet

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1756 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        20.  Jean-Baptiste Blin

                professed priest, Third Order Regulars of Saint Francis of Picpus (now extinct)

                born: 1729 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 25 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        21.  Camille de Riverie de la Mouchonnière

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1749 in Saint-Jean-de-Touslas, Rhône (France)

                died: 26 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        22.  François Cortey [Cortès]

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1729 in Amplepuis, Rhône (France)

                died: 28 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        23.  Alexandre Corneille

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1726 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 29 December 1793 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        24.  Philibert Fraisse

                professed priest, Canons Regular of Saint Augustine of Saint Anthony (now extinct)

                born: 1725 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 01 January 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        25.  Louis Sirende (Ambroise)

                professed priest, Discalced Carmelites

                born: 1735 in Avignon, Vaucluse (France)

                died: 03 January 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        26.  Jacques Roux

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1732 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 05 January 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        27.  Claude Delorme

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 20 January 1732 in Chirassimont, Rhône (France) 

        28.  Étienne Breton

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1750 in Pont-à-Mousson, Meurthe-et-Moselle (France)

        29.  Claude Dumas

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1724 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        30.  Jean Boucharlat

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1723 in Moulins, Allier (France)

                died: 12 January 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        31.  Étienne Balley [Ballet]

                professed priest, Carthusians

                born: 1733 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 14 January 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        32.  Louis Guinand

                priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)

                born: 1733 in Mornant, Rhône (France)

                died: 16 January 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        33.  Claude Aurouze

                layperson of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1732 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 18 January 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        34.  Jean-Ennemond Olivier [Ollivier]

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1723 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle (France)

                died: 22 January 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        35.  Philibert Duval

                professed priest, Premonstratensians

                born: 1749 in Paris (France)

        36.  Jean-Antoine Mathivet

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1730 in Saint-Chamond, Loire (France)

                died: 28 January 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        37.  Simon Avé

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1729 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        38.  André Blanchard

                priest of the diocese of Grenoble

                born: 1740 in Penne-sur-Barnave, Drôme (France)

        39.  Pierre Goyet

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1724 in Villefranche-en-Beaujolais, Rhône (France)

        40.  JACQUES Mollière (Dominique)

                professed religious, Carthusians

                born: 09 June 1743 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        41.  Jacques Poirat

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1740 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 02 February 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        42.  MATHIEU Gachet

                professed priest, Feuillants (now extinct)

                born: 1762 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 02 February 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        43.  Pierre Rascle

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1726 in Beauregard, Puy-de-Dôme (France)

        44.  Nicolas Laurent

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 16 January 1737 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire (France)

                died: 04 February 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        45.  Louise Bossan [Beausson]

                professed religious, Benedictine Nuns

                born: 1733 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 06 February 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        46.  Vincent Martin

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1744 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône (France)

        47.  Marguerite Gouanne [Goyne] (Rosalie)

                professed religious, Augustinian Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus (French Federation)

                born: 1768 in Amplepuis, Rhône (France)

        48.  Françoise Michallet

                layperson of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1760 in Roanne, Loire (France)

        49.  Élisabeth Chataignier

                layperson of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1746 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        50.  Louise Chataignier

                layperson of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1747 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        51.  Jacqueline Chataignier

                layperson of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1748 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 10 February 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        52.  Claude-François Barberaude (Aimé)

                professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Recollects)

                born: 1731 in ?

        53.  Jean-MartiAL RougIeR [Rouyer or Rogier]

                professed priest, Benedictines

                born: 1724 in Fenols, Tarn (France)

                died: 10 February 1794 in at Feurs, Puy-de-Dôme (France)

        54.  Charles-Dominique Ferry

                professed priest, Jesuits

                born: 1709 in Monaco

                died: 11 February 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        55.  Gabriel-Daniel Dupleix

                professed priest, Jesuits

                born: 1726 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        56.  Jean-Marie-Joseph Septobre

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1727 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        57.  Jeanne BeAUQUIS [Bauquis] (Marie of the Annunciation)

                professed religious, Order of the Annunciation (Blue Nuns)

                born:1730 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        58.  Jean-Martin de Saint-Aubin

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1727 in Moulins, Allier (France)

                died: 17 February 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        59.  Jacques Bourbon

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1728 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        60.  Joseph Janin

                professed priest, Augustinians

                born: 1716 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        61.  Hubert Rey [Ray]

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1719 in Belley, Ain (France)

                died: 14 March 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        62.  Antoine Robert

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1733 in Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue, Loire (France)

                died: 16 March 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        63.  Louis Bertrandi (Gélas)

                professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Recollects)

                born: 1720 in Callas, Var (France)

        64.  Benoît EBIZAY

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1741 in Chérier, Loire (France)

                died: 17 March 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        65.  Claude Barrier

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1765 in Usson-en-Forez, Loire (France)

                died: 18 March 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        66.  Jacques Chapuis

                priest of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1766 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        67.  Benoîte-Marie de Corbeau

                professed religious, Benedictine Nuns

                born: 1766 in Saint-Béron, Savoie (France)

        68.  Catherine Manessy veuve Ponson

                layperson of the archdiocese of Lyon; married

                born: 1731 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 22 March 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        69.  Louise Marmet

                young layperson of the archdiocese of Lyon

                born: 1769 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 23 March 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        70.  Benoît Poncet (Michel)

                professed priest, Carthusians

                born: 22 December 1754 in Montmerle, Ain (France)

        71.  Thomas Liottier (Marcel)

                professed religious, Carthusians

                born: 30 March 1748 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

        72.  Anne Vial (Madeleine of the Cross)

                professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns

                born: 26 July 1732 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                died: 05 April 1794 in Lyon, Rhône (France)

                competent forum: Lyon

                CCS protocol number: 190

                type of cause: martyrdom

                opening of informative process: 13 October 1917

                closing of informative process:

                rescript of “nihil obstat”: 20 June 2023

                opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 January 2024

                closing of diocesan inquiry:

                publication of Positio:

                decree on validity of informative process and diocesan inquiry:

                session of historical consultors:

                particular congress of theological consultors:

                ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

                postulator:

                petitioner: Archdiocèse de Lyon, 1 Place Fouvrière, 69321 Lyon CEDEX 05, FRANCE

                website:

(19)       CHARLES-FRANÇOIS DE ROUVROY DE SAINT-SIMON AND 36 COMPANIONS,

                “MARTYRS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL OF PARIS”,

                ALONG WITH  JEAN-ARNAUD DE CASTELLANE

        1.    JEAN-ARNAUD de CASTELLANE

                bishop of Mende

                born: 11 December 1733 in Pont-St-Esprit, Gard (France)

                died: 09 September 1792 in Paris (France)

        2.    Julien Derville

                professed priest, Jesuits

                born:29 December 1725 in Château-de-Loir, Maine-et-Loire (France)

                died: 21 December 1793 in Paris (France)

        3.    Pierre-Joachim VAncleemputte

                priest of the archdiocese of Paris

                born: 1760 in Paris (France)

                died: 01 January 1794 in Paris (France)

        4.    Jacques-Martin Ploquin

                priest, Sulpicians

                born: 03 February 1766 in Fagunière, Indre-et-Loire (France)

                died: 25 February 1794 in Paris (France)

        5.    Nicolas Dieudonné

                priest of the diocese of Langres

                born: 30 October 1742 in Tailly, Côte-d’Or (France)

                died: 18 March 1794 in Paris (France)

        6.    Jacques-Nicolas Adam

                professed priest, Benedictines

                born: 1767 in Paris (France) [?]

        7.    Jean-Baptiste Courtin

                professed priest, Benedictines

                born: 24 June 1715 in Roanne, Loire (France)

        8.    Joseph-Antoine Meffre

                professed priest, Benedictines

                born: 1763 in Aubignan, Vaucluse (France) [?]

                died: 29 March 1794 in Paris (France)

        9.    Nicolas Ollivier des Pallières

                priest of the diocese of Montpellier

                born: 17 February 1733 in Moulins, Allier (France)

                died: 28 April 1794 in Paris (France)

        10.  Anne-Catherine Aubert

                professed religious, Dominican Nuns

                born: 1755 in Paris (France)

        11.  Angélique MaillÉ-Desmarais

                professed religious, Dominican Nuns

                born: 1735 in Paris (France)

        12.  Geneviève-Barbe Goyon

                layperson of the archdiocese of Paris

                born: 1717 in Paris (France)

                died: 12 May 1794 in Paris (France)

        13.  Louis Pacot

                professed priest, Dominicans

                born: 22 March 1760 in Couvin, Namur (Belgium)

                died: 18 May 1794 in Paris (France)

        14.  Louis-Claude Lhermitte de ChamberTRand

                priest of the archdiocese of Sens

                born: 27 May 1734 in Sens, Yonne (France)

                died: 20 May 1794 in Paris (France)

        15.  Bonaventure Ferey

                priest of the diocese of Coutances

                born: 14 January 1764 in Gray, Haute-Saône (France)

                died: 02 June 1794 in Paris (France)

        16.  François-Georges Cormaux

                priest of the diocese of Saint-Brieuc

                born: 10 November 1746 in Lamballe, Côtes-d’Armor (France)

                died: 09 June 1794 in Paris (France)

        17.  Jean-Baptiste-François Attiret

                priest of the archdiocese of Paris

                born: 20 October 1747 in Dôle, Jura (France)

                died: 10 June 1794 in Paris (France)

        18.  Thérèse Guillaudeu du Plessis veuve des Bassablons

                widow; professed religious, Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary

                born: 03 December 1728 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine (France)

                died: 20 June 1794 in Paris (France)

        19.  François-Claude Desouches

                priest of the archdiocese of Paris

                born: 31 December 1739 in Paris (France)

        20.  Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Salignac de Fénelon

                priest of the diocese of Périgueux

                born: 30 August 1714 in Ponsie, Autun (France)

        21.  Honoré-Joseph Royer

                priest of the archdiocese of Paris

                born: 25 February 1739 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône (France)

                died:  07 July 1794 in Paris (France)

        22.  Jean-François Didier

                priest of the archdiocese of Paris

                born: 01 October 1729 in Grenoble, Isere (France)

        23.  Félix-Prosper Nonant

                professed religious, Carthusians

                born: 08 May 1725 Nogent-le-Rotrou, Eure-et-Loir (France)

                died: 09 July 1794 in Paris (France)

        24.  Germain Queudeville

                priest of the Oratory of Jesus

                born: 03 May 1733 in Caen, Calvados (France)

                died: 10 July 1794 in Paris (France)

        25.  Victoire Conen de Saint-Luc

                professed religious, Sisters of La Retraite

                born: 27 January 1761 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine (France)

                died: 19 July 1794 in Paris (France)

        26.  Marie-Louis-Léonor de Cussy

                priest of the diocese of Coutances

                born: 02 June 1736 in Coutances, Manche (France)

        27.  Julien-François-Léonor de Carantilly

                priest of the diocese of Coutances

                born: 24 May 1760 in Carantilly, Manche (France)

                died: 21 July 1794 in Paris (France)

        28.  Michel-Ange Bruges

                priest of the diocese of Mende

                born: 09 February 1743 in Vallabrègues, Gard (France)

                died: 23 July 1794 in Paris (France)

        29.  Marie-Louise de Laval-Montmorency

                professed religious, Benedictine Nuns

                born: 31 March 1723 in Paris (France)

                died: 24 July 1794 in Paris (France)

        30.  Louis-Jean-Charles Assy

                priest of the archdiocese of Paris

                born: 28 October 1758 in Paris (France)

        31.  Pierre Hébert

                priest of the diocese of Nanterre

                born: 20 October 1742 in Braiville, Namur (Belgium)

        32.  Léonard-Michel Sellos

                priest of the diocese of Sées

                born: 16 December 1763 in Rouperaux (France)

        33.  Joseph Raoulx

                professed priest, Christian Doctrine Fathers

                born: 10 August 1737 in Graveson, Bouches-du-Rhône (France)

                died: 25 July 1794 in Paris (France)

        34.  Charles-François DE ROUVROY de Saint-Simon Sandricourt

                bishop of Agde

                born: 05 April 1727 in Paris (France)

        35.  Pierre Broquet

                priest of the archdiocese of Paris

                born: 14 November 1714 in Gouville-sur-Mer, Manche (France)

                died: 26 July 1794 in Paris (France)

        36.  André-Georges Beauregard

                priest of the diocese of Luçon

                born: 17 March 1745 in Poitiers, Vienne (France)

        37.  Jean Guiot du Rijou

                priest of the diocese of Poitiers

                born: 03 October 1737 in Leigné-les-Bois, Vienne (France)

                died: 27 July 1794 in Paris (France)

        38.  Charles-François-Siméon Saunier

                priest of the diocese of Blois

                born: 25 October 1754 in Lussac, Vienne (France)

                died: 29 October 1794 in Paris (France)

                competent forum: Paris/Montpellier

                CCS protocol number:

                type of cause: martyrdom

                opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 December 1920

                closing of diocesan inquiry: 1924

                rescript of “nihil obstat”:

                opening of supplementary inquiry:

                closing of supplementary inquiry:

                decree on validity of informative process and supplementary inquiry:

                publication of Positio:

                session of historical consultors:

                particular congress of theological consultors:

                ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

                postulator:

                petitioner: Archdiocèse de Paris, 7 rue St. Vincent, 75018 Paris CEDEX 08, FRANCE

                website: