Blessed Andre Grasset - Montreal, PQ - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

The artist is unknown and they are in the atrium area at the opposite end of the Church from the the Altar. A description of the life of the memorialized person follows (wikipedia):

"Blessed André Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (3 April 1758 – 2 September 1792), usually known simply as André Grasset, was a Canadian-born French Catholic priest who was martyred for his faith in Paris during the French Revolution. In 1926 he became the first Canadian-born person to be beatified.

He was born in Montreal to an immigrant from Montpellier, France, André Grasset de Saint-Sauveur senior (1720-1794), who had come to Canada (then known as New France) to be the secretary to the Governor General of New France. After his first wife died, he remarried to Marie-Josephte Quesnel-Fonblanche and had five children, of whom André was the second-born. In 1764, at the age of six, he accompanied his father, who had decided to return to France following the Treaty of Paris in 1763. They lived in Calais. He studied at the Collège Sainte-Barbe in Paris, then entered the priesthood in Sens, being ordained there in 1783.

In 1791 the National Constituent Assembly obliged all members of the clergy, under pain of death, to sign the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which would nullify their allegiance to the Pope and essentially render them servants of the state. Although a small number of bishops and priests complied, most refused. Grasset sought refuge with the Eudist Fathers in the Maison des Tourettes, but was captured in 1792 and imprisoned in the former Carmelite convent now known as the Carmes Prison.

On 2 September 1792, along with 3 bishops and 92 other priests also held at the prison, they were once again asked to sign the Civil Constitution but all replied that their conscience forbade them to do so. All 96 clergy were then killed by the guards, using bayonets, swords and spikes, and their bodies disposed of in ditches and drains around Paris. In addition, 72 priests at the Seminary of Saint-Firmin, 21 priests at the Abbey of Saint-Germain and 3 priests at the Prison de la Force were similarly murdered. In the ensuing few days as many as 1,400 people were murdered."

Associated Religion(s): Roman Catholic Statue Location: The atrium area at the opposite end of the Church from the the Altar Entrance Fee: Depends upon what time you visit - Free, $5, $10 Artist: Not listed Website: Not listed

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