Louis Pourtois
Layman, died at Mauthausen
Who they were
Louis Pourtois was a layman born at Besançon on 24 May 1919 and baptised on 6 July; he left school at thirteen to become an errand boy and helped found the Cœurs Vaillants group in his parish. Recruited for the compulsory labour service on 7 December 1942 and sent to Eisenach, where he worked for Catholic Action, he was arrested on 19 April 1944 and died at Mauthausen on 20 April 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 worked for Catholic Action among the forced labourers at Eisenach, and died at Mauthausen 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.