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Christian feast day: François-Isidore Gagelin (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
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François-Isidore Gagelin
French Roman Catholic saint
François-Isidore Gagelin 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 Mạng…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Vietnamese Martyrs
Roman Catholic Saints
Vietnamese Martyrs, also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, collectively Martyrs of Annam or formerly Martyrs of Indochina, are saints of the Catholic Church who were canonized by Pope John Paul II. On June 19, 1988, thousands of overseas Vietnamese worldwide…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)