Auguste Chapdelaine | |
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 Auguste Chapdelaine. | |
| Catholic Missionary | |
| Born | January 6, 1814 French Empire |
| Died | 29 February 1856 (aged 42) Guangxi, Qing Dynasty |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 27 February |
| Auguste Chapdelaine | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 馬賴 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马赖 | ||||||||
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Auguste Chapdelaine, Chinese name Mǎ Lài (Chinese: 馬賴; 6 February 1814 – 29 February 1856) was a French Christian missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. France used his death–– Chapdelaine was executed by Chinese officials–– as a casus belli for its participation in the Second Opium War.[1]