Laurencjusz
Feast: 2 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Father Laurent, known only by this name, was a priest in Paris who taught children who were deaf and unable to speak.
He was among those killed in Paris in hatred of the faith in 1792, and Pius XI declared him Blessed on 17 October 1926 with Archbishop Jean-Marie du Lau and his companions.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Paris priest who taught deaf children and died for his faith in 1792.
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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 18 (1926), pp. 415-428 (entry p. 424) - Apostolic letter of Pius XI declaring Jean-Marie du Lau, François-Joseph and Pierre-Louis de La Rochefoucauld and companions, killed in Paris in 1792, Blessed, 17 October 1926
- Wikidata Q11753271 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.