 The cause for his canonization is currently being studied by the Holy See, which has approved the title for him of Servant of God.Guéranger was born in Sablé on 4 April 1805 into a working-class family.As a young boy, he frequently read of "The Genius of Christianity", a work written by François-René de Chateaubriand which defended the Catholic faith against the claims of the Enlightenment, and which had been published shortly before his birth.