Daniel Brottier
Catholic priest and beatus (1876-1936)
Feast: 28 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Daniel Brottier was born on 7 September 1876 at La Ferté-Saint-Cyr, in the diocese of Blois, and ordained in 1899. In 1902 he joined the Holy Ghost Fathers and left almost at once for Senegal, where he served the Christian community of Saint-Louis, especially the young, until ill health forced him home for good.
In France he devoted himself to building up a work for orphans. He died in 1936.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A missionary who, when illness sent him home, found his mission among the orphans of France.
The cause
Daniel Brottier has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Spiritans: the cause of Daniel Brottier.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Daniel Brottier
- Wikidata Q464540 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Daniel Brottier (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.