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Also known as

• one of the Monks of Tibhirine

Memorial

• 21 May

Profile

Born to a poor peasant family, Michel joined the Prado congregation in 1971 and worked as a miller in Lyon and Marseilles in France. He became a Trappist monk at the Bellefontaine Abbey in 1981, and moved to Algeria in 1985, serving at the cook and housekeeper for the Atlas Abbey of Tibhirine near Médéa. He was one of seven monks kidnapped over the night of 26–27 March 1996 during the Algerian Civil War. They were held captive for two months, then murdered for being Christian. Martyr.

Born

• 21 May 1944 in Sainte-Anne, Loire-Atlantique, France

Died

• 21 May 1996 near Médéa, Algeria
• his head was discovered on 31 May 1996, but they bodies have not been found
• buried in the cemetery of the monastery at Tibhirine on 4 June 1996

Venerated

• 26 January 2018 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 8 December 2018 by Pope Francis

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Michel Fleury“. CatholicSaints.Info. 17 April 2020. Web. 17 January 2021. <>