Jean Marie du Lau (30 October 1738, Biras – 2 September 1792, Paris) was Archbishop of Arles, and was one of the Catholic Martyrs of September 1792 killed during the French Revolution. He was beatified on 17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI.
He was born on 30 October 1738 at the Château de la Côte at Biras in the Dordogne, in the diocese of Périgueux, of an aristocratic family which had fed many members into the higher ranks of the clergy. His father was Armand du Lau, seigneur de La Coste and his mother Françoise de Salleton.
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