Gaston Raoult
Layman, died at Buchenwald
Who they were
Gaston Raoult was a layman born at Le Havre on 9 December 1921 and baptised in danger of death on 12 December; he joined the Scouts in 1934 and made his promise in March 1935. Called into the compulsory labour service in April 1943 and moved to a workshop at Hagen-Haspe, he was arrested at his place of work on 9 September 1944, taken through the prisons of Dortmund and Herne to Buchenwald, and died there on 16 January 1945, aged 23. 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
A Scout taken for forced labour, he was arrested at his workbench and died at Buchenwald at 23.
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.