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GUILLAUME SAULTEMOUCHE, RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR - 7 FEBRUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 7th of February   WELCOME! GUILLAUME SALTEMOUCHE, RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR Guilielmus , (February 8, [also February 7]), surnamed Sultamochius [Guillaume Saultemouche, William Saultemouche],  a member of the Society of Jesus, was killed in 1593 by the Calvinists for the sake of faith along with his companion Jacobus Salesius . Both are described as “perfect religious”. (Men. S.J.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 567) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

BL. JACQUES SALÈS, JESUIT AND MARTYR - 7 FEBRUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 7th of February WELCOME! BLESSED JACQUES SALÈS, JESUIT AND MARTYR Jacques Salès and Guillaume Saultemouche [ Jacobus Salesius , Jacob Sales and William Saltemouche] were martyred for their defence of belief in the real presence in the Eucharist by Huguenots in France. Jacques Salès (1556-1593) attended the Jesuit school at Billom from 1568-1572; he entered the novitiate at Verdun in 1573. Father Salès determined to devote himself to confronting the errors of Huguenots. Calvinists sometimes joined the Catholics at his lectures and tried to interrupt the Jesuit preacher by heckling him. Nevertheless, Salès was successful in confirming Catholics in their faith. In 1590 Salès was sent to Tournon to take the chair of "controversial" theology; he was responsible for devising a plan of studies to treat the theological issues that divided Catholics and Protestants, showing the truth of Catholicism and responding to the obje...