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