Blessed Pierre Boffet was a Mercedarian, Professor of theology, and noted preacher was born in France. He worked to ransom Christians enslaved in Muslim-controlled areas. While on a ransom mission to Tunisia in 1442, he and Blessed Lorenzo Company were shipwrecked and imprisoned for ransom themselves. When Pierre converted a Muslim to Christianity, he was abused and executed. Martyr.
Blessed Pierre Boffet died in 1452.
December 26th Blessed Pierre Boffet
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December 26th Blessed Pierre Boffet
Devotion to the souls in Purgatory contains in itself all the works of mercy, which supernaturalized by a spirit of faith, should merit us Heaven. de Sales