Gagelin, Francis Isidore, Saint
Gagelin, Francis Isidore, Saint
Martyr , born Montperreux, France , 1797 ; died Hue, Indo-China, 1833 . He entered the Grand Seminary at Besancon in 1817 , and from there went to the Seminary for Foreign Missions at Paris. In 1818 he embarked for Coohin-China, where, four years later, he became a member of the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris. Appointed vicar-general and assigned to Central Tonkin, Father Gagelin labored with the same zeal for souls he had shown in Coohin. After a decree of persecution he gave himself up at Bongson. Taken to Hue, the capital, he was put in chains and strangled to death, 17 October 1833 . His remains were buried at the Christian village of Phukam, but in 1846 they were transferred to the Paris Seminary. Beatified , 1900 .