Nicolas Barré
French Minim friar, priest and founder (1621-1686)
Feast: 21 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Paris in France, Blessed Nicolas Barré, priest, who, a teacher of theology and renowned guide of souls in the spirit of the Gospel, established the Christian and Charity Schools throughout France and the Sisters Teachers of the Child Jesus, to give free instruction to the children of the common people.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 31 May as a priest and teacher who founded free Christian schools and the Sisters Teachers of the Child Jesus.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 31 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7029512 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Nicholas Barré (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.