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Raymond Louveaux

Layman, died in the evacuation of Buchenwald

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

1945

Beatified

13 December 2025

by Leo XIV

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Raymond Louveaux was a layman born at Aubervilliers on 12 April 1913 and baptised on 15 June; he held positions of responsibility among the Scouts of Saint-Mandé and on 23 November 1936 married Denise Ménardeau, who bore him a daughter. Mobilised in 1939, he was wounded and captured the next year and taken to Bonn, where he went on leading the Scouts in Stalag VI G; arrested on 22 August 1944, he died on 12 April 1945, aged 32, during the evacuation of 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

A husband and father who went on leading the Scouts inside his prison camp, he was arrested and died at 32.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.