Thomas Hélye
French priest
Feast: 19 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Biville near Cherbourg in Normandy, Blessed Thomas Hélye, priest, who spent his days in the exercise of the sacred ministry and his nights in prayer and penance.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 19 October as a priest who gave his days to the ministry and his nights to prayer and penance.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 19 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3525221 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas Hélye (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.