Jean-Charles Cornay

French missionary and martyr Date Of Birth : 1809-02-27T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1837-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jean-Charles Cornay, (27 February 1809 – 20 September 1837) 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.

A town in France still carries his name.
Cornay was beatified on 27 May 1900, and canonized by Pope John Paul II on 19 June 1988.

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  • Other Names :Giancarlo Cornay,Jan Cornay,Jean-Charles Cornay,Jean-Charles Cornay Tân,Корне, Жан Шарль,جان تشارلز كورنى,ジャン＝シャルル・コルネ,若望-嘉祿·高爾內
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  • Country : France
  • Born on 20 September