Feast July 26
Servant of God Jacques Hamel
Servant of God · Religious · Feast July 26
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
July 26
Birth date
1930-11-30
Death date
2016-07-26
Canonization status
Servant of god
Feast month
7
Wikidata qid
Q26086606
Feast day of month
26