Blessed Vicente Joseph Le Rousseau de Rosancoat

Blessed Vicente Joseph Le Rousseau de Rosancoat

Vicente Joseph Le Rousseau de Rosancoat

Blessed

  • Death: 09/02/1792
  • Nationality (place of birth): France

Vincent Joseph Le Rousseau de Rosancoat (1726-1792) was one of the Jesuits who were killed when the French Revolution turned into a rabid anti-Catholic persecution. Father Le Rousseau de Rosancoat (1726-1792) taught philosophy at Nevers and then returned to Brittany in 1762. He was chaplain to a convent of Sisters of the Visitation when he was arrested.

For more details see the description under Blessed James Bonnaud and 22 Paris Martyrs

Originally Collected and edited by: Tom Rochford, SJ