Eugène Lemoine
Layman, died at Zöschen
Who they were
Eugène Lemoine was a layman born at Saint-Brieuc on 6 January 1920 and baptised in the cathedral there five days later; he chose an apprenticeship as a carpenter over the seminary and joined the Young Christian Workers in 1936, becoming a very active member. Taken into the compulsory labour service in March 1943 and sent as a carpenter to Wittenberg, where he at once founded a section of the Young Christian Workers, he was arrested on 30 September 1944 and died at Zöschen on 28 February 1945, aged 25. 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 founded a Young Christian Workers group among the forced labourers at Wittenberg, and died at Zöschen at 25.
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 - cayre-cendrier-vallee-mestre-e-46-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.