John Gabriel Perboyre | |
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![]() Statue of St. John Gabriel Perboyre | |
Martyr | |
Born | Le Puech, Montgesty, Lot, France | 6 January 1802
Died | 11 September 1840 Wuchang, Hubei, Imperial China | (aged 38)
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 10 November 1889, Rome, Kingdom of Italy, by Pope Leo XIII |
Canonized | 2 June 1996, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
Major shrine | in the Lazarist motherhouse of Paris |
Feast | 11 September |
John Gabriel Perboyre, CM (French: Jean-Gabriel Perboyre; 1802–1840) was a French priest of the Congregation of the Mission, who served as a missionary in China, where he suffered martyrdom. He was canonized in 1996 by Pope John Paul II.[1]