Marcel Carrier
Layman, died in the evacuation of Flossenbürg
Who they were
Marcel Carrier was a layman born in Paris on 29 April 1922 and baptised on 25 July 1926; having found the Young Christian Workers he became a federal member. To spare his family he left with the compulsory labour service and reached Weimar in August 1943, and because of his heavy correspondence he was arrested on 16 April 1944; he died on 6 May 1945, aged 23, during the evacuation of Flossenbürg. 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 went to forced labour to spare his family and was arrested for his letters, dying at 23 in the evacuation of Flossenbürg.
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.