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Dans les sillons de la Révolution française : les martyrs de Septembre

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FSSPX.News reports that on September 2 and 3, 1792, crowds in Paris killed numerous priests and religious figures during the French Revolution.

The report states these individuals were targeted because of their loyalty to the Church. Revolutionary forces considered them enemies of the nation and stripped them of their national status. While the revolutionary logic of the time viewed their blood as impure, the report identifies these victims as martyrs.

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