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Claude-Colbert Lebeau

Layman, died at Zöschen

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

1945

Beatified

13 December 2025

by Leo XIV

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Claude-Colbert Lebeau was a layman born at Paizay-le-Sec on 23 October 1922 and baptised there on 14 December; after his studies he became a bank clerk at Châtellerault and joined the Young Christian Workers. Recruited for the compulsory labour service on 8 March 1943 and moved to the neighbourhood of Halle, he was made head of Catholic Action there in July, was arrested by the Gestapo on 13 September 1944 and died at Zöschen on 3 January 1945, aged 22. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV.

The miracles

The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

He led Catholic Action among the forced labourers near Halle, and died at Zöschen at 22.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.