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Alanus de Rupe
Dominican theologian
Feast: 9 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Alain de la Roche was born about 1428, probably in Brittany, entered the Dominicans and studied at Saint-Jacques in Paris. From 1459 to 1475 he taught at Paris, Lille, Douai, Ghent and Rostock, where he became Master of Theology in 1473.
A renowned preacher, he regarded the preaching and re-establishment of the Rosary as his special mission, and spread it with success through northern France, Flanders and the Netherlands. He died at Zwolle on 8 September 1475.
The miracles
He is honoured as Blessed by long-standing veneration confirmed by the Church; the Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Dominican who gave his life to restoring the Rosary.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Alanus de Rupe
- Wikidata Q631337 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alanus de Rupe (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.