Saint Francis Jaccard
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- Memorial
- 21 September;
24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
- Profile
- Studied at seminaries in Melan, then Chambery in 1819.
Member of the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris.
Priest.
Missionary to Cochin-China in 1824, Macao in 1825, and Tonkin in 1826.
He was arrested more than once for preaching Christianity, he was pardoned because of his skill as a translator, which was useful to the king.
However, he gained too many converts, and in 1838 he was arrested, tortured and murdered for his faith.
One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.
- Born
- 1799 at Onnion, Savoy, France
- Died
- strangled to death on 21 September 1838 in Tonkin Indo-China (modern Vietnam);
buried near Tonkin by local Christians;
later moved to the Seminary for Foreign Missions, Paris, France
- Beatified
- 1900
- Canonized
- 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
- Additional Information
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