[Saint John-Louis Bonnard]
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Studied at seminaries in Aix and Lyons. Ordained in 1848. Missionary priest with the Paris Society of Foreign Missions, assigned to Hong Kong. Re-assigned to Annam, Indo-China (modern Vietnam) in May 1850, working in the districts of Kebang and Ketrinh. Arrested at Boasujan in 1852 for the crime of being a missionary. Imprisoned and tried at Nadinh. Martyred with Saint Augustine Schoffler.

Born

Died

  • beheaded on 1 May 1852 at Tonkin, Indo-China (modern Vietnam)
  • body thrown into the river, but immediately recovered by local Christians
  • interred in the college of Vinhtri
  • his blood-covered garments, links of his chains, his hair and his beard were kept by heathen soldiers and sold to Christians

Venerated

Beatified

Canonized

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