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Candidates for sainthood from France
Holy men and women from France whose cause for beatification and canonization is open: their life, the stage of the cause and a prayer.
Each profile gives a short account of the person's life, the exact stage of their cause in the Catholic Church and a prayer for private devotion. We keep two groups clearly apart: people with an open cause for beatification and canonization, and witnesses of faith for whom no cause has been opened.
To understand what each title means (Servant of God, Venerable, Blessed), read our guide to how canonization works, or browse all the heroes by stage of the cause.
Open causes for canonization
Blessed Marie of the Incarnation (Barbe Acarie), O.C.D.
French Carmelite who, as the laywoman Madame Acarie, brought the Discalced Carmelite reform of Teresa of Ávila to France; entered Carmel as a widow and was beatified by Pius VI in 1791.
Venerable Léon Papin-Dupont
French Catholic layman known as the 'Holy Man of Tours'; promoted devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and nightly Eucharistic adoration; declared Venerable by Pope Pius XII.
Servant of God Sister Marie of St Peter and of the Holy Family, O.C.D.
French Discalced Carmelite of Tours whose locutions originated the modern devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and the Golden Arrow prayer of reparation against blasphemy.
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