Alexandre Lenfant
French Jesuit ann martyr (1726-1792)
Feast: 2 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the same place (Paris), on the same day and year, Blessed Pierre-Jacques-Marie Vitalis, priest, and twenty companions, martyrs, killed out of hatred of the Church in the same circumstances at the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Among those named is Blessed Alexandre Lenfant, priest.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 2 September among the martyrs killed at the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris out of hatred of the Church.
The cause
Alexandre Lenfant has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Jesuits: the cause of Blessed Alexandre Lenfant.
Connected on this site
- Pierre-Jacques-Marie Vitalis Blessed“In the same place (Paris), on the same day and year, Blessed Pierre-Jacques-Marie Vitalis, priest, and twenty companions, martyrs, killed out of hatred of the Church in the same circumstances at the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 2 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2387540 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alexandre Lanfant (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.