Blessed John Gaspard Cratz

Memorial

• 12 January

Profile

Joined the Jesuits at Macao in 1730. Missionary to the kingdom of Tonkin (modern Vietnam). Arrested in March 1736. Tortured and martyred for his work.

Born

• at Duren, Germany

Died

• beheaded in 1737 in Tonkin (modern Vietnam)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed John Gaspard Cratz”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-john-gaspard-cratz/>