Christophe Lebreton
French monk in Algeria, martyr, blessed
Who they were
Christophe Lebreton OCSO (October 11, 1950 – May 21, 1996) was a French Trappist monk. He was one of seven Trappist monks from the Our Lady of the Atlas Abbey of Tibhirine near Médéa, Algeria who were kidnapped and killed during the Algerian Civil War. He was recognized as a martyr by Pope Francis in January 2018, and proclaimed Blessed on December 8, 2018 in Oran, Algeria, along with the other martyrs of Algeria. His writings, published after his death, reveal his poetry and spiritual depth. The murder of the monks of Tibhirine gained widespread attention in the prize-winning film Of Gods and Men.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 19 martiri d'Algeria — Trappist of Tibhirine killed in May 1996, beatified at Oran 8 December 2018. Also santiebeati.it/dettaglio/97742.
- Wikidata Q48631939 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Christophe Lebreton (CC BY-SA)
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