Bl. Jean Baptiste Lego

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Born: 13 May 1766 in La Flèche, Sarthe, France

Died: 1 January 1794 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy

Additional Memorial 2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou

Brother of Blessed René Lego. Priest in the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution for refusing to swear the oath imposed on the clergy by the secular Revolutionary government.