SAINT
saint-jean-charles-cornay
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
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.
feast Day
09-20
birth Date
27 February 1809
death Date
20 September 1837 (aged 28)
canonization Status
beatified
canonization Date
19 June 1988
canonized By
Pope John-Paul II
feast Month
9
feast Day Of Month
20