Louis-Remi-Nicolas Benoist
Feast: 2 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Louis-Rémi-Nicolas Benoist was born in Paris, like his brother a curate of the parish of Saint-Paul, according to the papal letter that beatified him.
He was killed in Paris in September 1792, one of 191 priests, religious and laymen put to death in hatred of the faith for refusing the oath that the revolutionary government demanded of the clergy. Pius XI declared them Blessed on 17 October 1926.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
One of the martyrs of September 1792, killed in Paris for refusing to betray the Church.
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. 415-425 - Pius XI, apostolic letter of 17 October 1926 beatifying the martyrs of September 1792
- Wikidata Q11763907 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.