Jacques Fesch
French murderer and Servant of God (1930–1957)
Who they were
Jacques Fesch (6 April 1930 – 1 October 1957) was a French criminal who was convicted of the murder of police officer Jean Vergne in February 1954. While awaiting execution in prison, Fesch became such a devout Catholic that he has since been proposed as a candidate for sainthood.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Santi, beati e testimoni — Jacques Fesch — Jacques Fesch — Giovane laico — Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Parigi, 6 aprile 1930 – Parigi, 1° ottobre 1957 — feast Testimoni
- Wikidata Q934377 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Jacques Fesch (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.