René Boitier
Layman, died in German captivity in 1945
Who they were
René Boitier was a layman born at Faremoutiers on 8 March 1917 and baptised on 15 April; after his primary schooling he moved to Paris, worked in his father's butcher shop and attended the parish of Saint-François-Xavier. Mobilised in 1939, he married Marielle on 25 March 1940 while on leave, three months before his arrest; in Stalag VI F he joined the Scouts, becoming an aspirant in May 1942 and making his promise at Mass in August 1943, and he was arrested again on 8 August 1944 and died the following 1 May. 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 married man who found the Christian Scouts in his prison camp, he was arrested for it and died in captivity.
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.