Jacques Fesch

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Jacques Fesch (April 6, 1930–October 1, 1957) was executed in Paris at the age of 27 for the murder of a policeman. Entering prison as an atheist, he experienced a conversion back to the Catholic Faith which he had earlier abandoned. The spiritual letters that he wrote while preparing for execution were published after his death. The cause for his canonization was opened in 1993.