Robert Beauvais
Layman, died at Neuengamme
Who they were
Robert Beauvais was a layman born in Paris on 5 October 1922 and baptised at Saint-Merri a month later; he studied with the Brothers of the Christian Schools and joined the Scouts in October 1936. Called up by the compulsory labour service on 5 March 1943, he left for Berlin and joined the clandestine Scouts and the Young Christian Workers there; arrested in August, he died at Neuengamme on 10 January 1945, aged 22. 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 joined the clandestine Scouts and Young Christian Workers in Berlin, and died at Neuengamme at 22.
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.