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1. St Solomon Leclercq (born Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis) is a French Lasallian martyr (1745-1792).
Born in November 1745, he joined the brothers of the Christian schools in 1767 and received the name Br. Solomon.
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1. St Solomon Leclercq (born Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis) is a French Lasallian martyr (1745-1792).
Born in November 1745, he joined the brothers of the Christian schools in 1767 and received the name Br. Solomon.
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2. After a number of years teaching mathematics, he was appointed as the secretary to the Superior General, Brother Agathon, in 1778.
At the time of the French Revolution he refused to take the oath of allegiance. He
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At the time of the French Revolution he refused to take the oath of allegiance. He
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3. was arrested on August 15, 1792 and executed at the Carmelite convent on September 2 with 188 companion martyrs, including a hundred priests who refused to take the oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
Brother Solomon was beatified in 1926 and canonised in 2016.
Brother Solomon was beatified in 1926 and canonised in 2016.
