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Shreveport Martyrs
The Shreveport Martyrs were five Roman Catholic priests who died while caring for individuals affected by the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic of Shreveport, Louisiana. All five were missionary priests from Brittany, France, who came to serve the Diocese of Natchitoches under Augustus Marie Martin. They are (listed in the order of their deaths): Isidore Quémerais of Pleine-Fougères, Jean Pierre of Lanloup, Jean-Marie Biler of Plourivo, Louis Gergaud of Heric, and Francois Le Vézouët of Brélidy. Events and martyrdom During a large-scale epidemic of yellow fever, the city of Shreveport lost one-quarter of its population within twelve weeks, from August 21 to November 18, 1873. The original humanitarian response was led by Jean Pierre, pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Shreveport, Louisiana), and his assistant, Isidore Quémerais. When they both contracted the disease by mid-September, Pierre appealed to Jean-Marie Biler for assistance. Biler was chaplain of the Daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreveport Martyrs Of 1873
Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. It extends along the west bank of the Red River of the South, Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Bossier Parish. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census tabulation for the city's population was 201,573, while the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area had a population of 393,406. Shreveport was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent Republic of Texas. It grew throughout the 20th century and, after the discovery of oil in Louisiana, became a national center for the oil industry. Standard Oil of Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
