Peter Fourier
French canon regular
Feast: 9 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Pierre Fourier was born at Mirecourt, Lorraine, on 30 November 1565 to a family of cloth merchants, and became a Canon Regular; in 1597 he took the very poor parish of Mattaincourt, which he cared for wonderfully. He defended craftsmen from usury by setting up a loan fund for them.
He founded the Canons Regular of Our Saviour and the Canonesses Regular of Notre-Dame to give girls free education. He later took refuge as an exile at Gray in Burgundy.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A parish priest who defended the poor from usury and founded free schools for girls.
Connected on this site
- Alix Le Clerc Blessed“At Nancy in France, Blessed Mary Teresa of Jesus (Alix Le Clerc), virgin, who together with Saint Peter Fourier founded the Congregation of the Canonesses Regular of Our Lady, under the rule of Saint Augustine, for the education of girls.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Pietro Fourier
- Wikidata Q635048 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Peter Fourier (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.