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LOUIS DE PICCARDIA - 17 FEBRUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY

 Saints celebrated on the 17th of February

LOUIS DE PICCARDIA 


Louis (Ludovicus) de Piccardia is commemorated on February 17 or March 25. He was of the Order of St Francis. In 1567, he was put to death by the sword by the heretics in France. He has the nickname de Piccardia because, when he was very old, he was assassinated by a certain Stephan Martini in the Boulogne area (in territorio Bononiensi).

The Bollandists in their entry added other members of the same order, because they had just been killed and, although not yet recognised by the Church, they are styled "martyrs" in their source that lists them on March 25.

OTHER FRANCISCANS MARTYRED BY THE HERETICS IN FRANCE

These are: Johannes, Liothus, killed about A.D. 1560 in France; then Gentianus, Aegidius [Giles], Guilielmus, [William], Gratianus and Clemens [Clement], who were killed in the monastery of Bellac (Belliacum) in France in 1562. In Hueber's catalogue there is, furthermore, made mention of Johannes Liothus on February 26; the five latter are listed on March 19, with the remark that they had been martyred in different ways in different parts of France. 

In the Franciscan Martyrology, this Louis  (Ludovicus) is also entered on February 17.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858 - A page from one the books mentioned above, "Stammenbuch aller Heyligen, Seeligen...", Fortunatus Hueber - 1693)
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