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Joseph Marchand (17 August 1803 – 30 November 1835) was a French missionary in
Marchand was born in Passavant, in the
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...
and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society
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.. He is now a Catholic
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saint, celebrated on 30 November.
Personal life
Marchand was born in Passavant, in the Doubs
Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.Paris Foreign Mission, whose primary goal was (and still is) to evangelize countries in Asia.
Vietnam
In 1833, he was offered to join the Lê Văn Khôi revolt led by Lê Văn Khôi, son of the late governor of southern VietnamLê Văn Duyệt
Lê Văn Duyệt)., group=n (1763 or 1764 – 30 July 1832) was a Vietnamese general who helped Nguyễn Ánh—the future Emperor Gia Long—put down the Tây Sơn wars, unify Vietnam and establish the Nguyễn dynasty. After the Nguyễn ca ...
. He vowed to overthrow Emperor Minh Mạng
Minh Mạng () or Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明 命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of V ...
and replace him with My Duong, the son of Minh Mạng's late elder brother Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh, who were both Catholics. Khoi appealed to other Catholics to join in overthrowing Minh Mạng and installing a Catholic emperor. They quickly seized the Citadel of Saigon in an uprising lasting two years.
In 1835, he was arrested and later executed in Huế
Huế () is the capital of Thừa Thiên Huế province in central Vietnam and was the capital of Đàng Trong from 1738 to 1775 and of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty from 1802 to 1945. The city served as the old Imperial City and adm ...
, subsequently becoming a Catholic martyr after having his flesh pulled from his bones by tongs, known as death by a thousand cuts.
Marchand was canonized by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
in 1988. His feast day is 30 November and his joint feast day with the Vietnamese Martyrs is 24 November.
See also
* Vietnamese MartyrsReferences
External links
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