François-Isidore Gagelin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French missionary
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Place of Birth: Montperreux, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About François-Isidore Gagelin
- François-Isidore Gagelin (10 May 1799 – 17 October 1833) was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in Vietnam.
- He died a martyr, and became the first French martyr of the 19th century in Vietnam.
- He was born in Montperreux, Doubs.
- He left for Vietnam in 1821.
- In 1826, when Emperor Minh M?ng ordered all missionaries to gather at the capital Hu?, he fled to the south to Ð?ng Nai in Cochinchina.
- He was captured once and released. On 6 January 1833, a new edict of prohibition was promulgated by Minh M?ng and immediately put in application.
- Churches were destroyed, and missionaries had to live in hiding.
- Gagelin surrendered in August 1833, and he was brought to Hu?.
- He was killed by strangulation on 17 October 1833, which is the date of his feast.He was beatified in 1900, and canonized in 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
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