Saint François Jaccard

21 September
24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Studied at seminaries in Melan, then Chambery in France 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

16 September 1799 at Onion, Haute-Savoie, France

Died

strangled to death on 21 September 1838 in Nhan Bieu, Quang Tri, Tonkin, Indo-China (modern Vietnam)
buried near Tonkin by local Christians
later moved to the Seminary for Foreign Missions, Paris, France

Venerated