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Anatole de Bengy
French martyr
Who they were
Anatole de Bengy was born at Bourges on 19 September 1824 and entered the Society of Jesus. He served as chaplain to French soldiers in the Crimean War and again in the Franco-Prussian War, serving the sick and wounded in the siege of Paris.
On 3 April 1871 the Commune's National Guards arrested the Jesuits of Sainte-Geneviève school as hostages. He cheered his companions through the days of expected death, and was killed in Paris on 26 May 1871.
The miracles
His cause is open as a martyr of the Paris Commune.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Jesuit army chaplain killed as a hostage of the Paris Commune.
The cause
Anatole de Bengy 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: Jesuits: the cause of Anatole de Bengy and his companions.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Anatole de Bengy
- Wikidata Q4752085 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Anatole de Bengy (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.