Paul Favre-Miville
Feast: 8 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Paul Favre-Miville was born at Vinzier, Haute-Savoie, on 17 April 1939. In 1984 he entered the Trappist abbey of Tamié, and in 1989 he went to the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where he made his solemn profession in 1991.
With six of his brothers he was kidnapped on the night of 26 March 1996; their remains were found about two months later. The monks had chosen together to stay in Algeria despite the terror. They are among the 19 martyrs of Algeria.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A monk of Tibhirine who chose to stay and was killed.
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 - biography: Paul Favre-Miville
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 8 December 2018
- Wikidata Q3371195 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.