Père Marie-Benoît
Deceased Person
1895 – 1990
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Who was Père Marie-Benoît?
Père Marie-Benoît, born Pierre Péteul, was a Capuchin Franciscan friar who helped smuggle approximately 4,000 Jews into safety from Nazi-occupied Southern France. On 1 December 1966, he was honored with the Medal of the Righteous among the Nations for his courage and self-sacrifice. His actions to save Jews during the Holocaust were the reason for his epithet Father of the Jews.
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