SAINT
saint-jacques-hamel
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Jacques Hamel was a French Catholic priest who served in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. On 26 July 2016, Hamel was murdered during the 2016 Normandy church attack by two Muslim men pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while Hamel celebrated Mass in his church.
feast Day
07-26
birth Date
1930-11-30
death Date
2016-07-26
canonization Status
servant_of_god
feast Month
7
feast Day Of Month
26

