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Pierre Goursat
VenerableFranceEmmanuel Community
Born
1914
Died
1991
Venerable
18 December 2024
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 18 December 2024 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2024)
Who they were
Born in Paris; died in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Pierre Goursat has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Pierre Goursat: the official site.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q458598 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.