Jean Lépicier
Layman, died at Halberstadt
Who they were
Jean Lépicier was a layman born at Feneu on 23 April 1921 and baptised four days later; he moved to Angers, worked in a pastry shop and joined the Young Christian Workers at the parish of Notre-Dame in 1938. Taken into the compulsory labour service on 23 March 1943 and sent to Cologne, he died at Halberstadt on 20 March 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 young worker of the Young Christian Workers sent to Cologne for forced labour, he died at Halberstadt 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.