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Alexandre Lenfant
French Jesuit ann martyr (1726-1792)
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Feast: 2 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1726
Died
1792
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Alexandre Charles Lanfant (September 9, 1726 – September 2, 1792) was a French Jesuit, who served as preacher at the imperial court in Vienna, and later as confessor to King Louis XVI. Killed during the French Revolution, he was beatified by Pope Pius XI.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q2387540 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alexandre Lanfant (CC BY-SA)
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