Paul Le Ber
Franciscan friar, died in the evacuation of Buchenwald
Who they were
Paul Le Ber, called Brother Roger in religion, was born at Landivisiau on 1 April 1920 and baptised there four days later; after the Franciscan minor seminary he entered the novitiate in 1939 and made simple profession on 17 December 1940. Sent to Cologne under the compulsory labour service on 17 September 1943, he was arrested there on 13 July 1944 and died on 12 April 1945, aged 25, during the death marches that emptied Buchenwald. 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 was arrested in Cologne while serving under the compulsory labour service and died at 25 in the evacuation of Buchenwald.
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.