Auguste Chapdelaine | |
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![]() Auguste Chapdelaine. | |
Catholic Missionary | |
Born | French Empire | January 6, 1814
Died | 29 February 1856 (aged 42) Guangxi, Qing Dynasty |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Canonized | 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 28 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]
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