Ange Le Proust
Augustinian priest, founder of the Hospitaller Sisters of Saint Thomas of Villanova
Who they were
An Augustinian, he founded the Hospitaller Sisters of Saint Thomas of Villanova at Lamballe in Brittany in 1661 to care for the poor and sick.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
After a favourable vote of the French bishops in March 2016 and the nihil obstat of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in August 2016, Bishop Michel Aupetit of Nanterre published the edict introducing the cause on 20 September 2016 and the diocesan tribunal held its first session on 25 March 2017 at Neuilly-sur-Seine; the diocesan phase closed on 2 June 2025.
The cause
Ange Le Proust is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Ange Le Proust.
Connected on this site
- Thomas of Villanova Saint“An Augustinian, he founded the Hospitaller Sisters of Saint Thomas of Villanova at Lamballe in Brittany in 1661 to care for the poor and sick.” — this site's research
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