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Christian feast day: Jean-Charles Cornay (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
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Jean-Charles Cornay
French missionary and martyr
Jean-Charles Cornay was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was martyred in Vietnam. He was executed in Ha Tay, Tonkin, now Vietnam, during the persecutions of 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)