Père Jacques
Discalced Carmelite friar and priest, concentration camp victim, Righteous among the Nations (1900–1945)
Who they were
Jacques de Jésus, OCD (born Lucien Bunel; 1900 – 2 June 1945), better known as Père Jacques, was a French Catholic priest and Discalced Carmelite friar. While serving as headmaster of a boarding school run by his order, he took in several Jewish refugees to protect them from the Nazi government of occupation, for which he was arrested and imprisoned in various concentration camps.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
- Wikidata Q471114 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Père Jacques (CC BY-SA)
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