Feast August 1
Blessed Pierre Claverie
Blessed · Bishop · Feast August 1
Biography
Pierre-Lucien Claverie was a French Catholic prelate and member of the Order of Preachers who served as Bishop of Oran from 1981 until his murder in 1996 by Islamic extremists.
Feast day
August 1
Birth date
1938-05-08
Death date
1996-08-01
Canonization status
Beatified
Feast month
8
Wikidata qid
Q304556
Feast day of month
1