Christian de Chergé
Christian de Chergé | |
|---|---|
| Prior of the Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Elected | 31 March 1984 |
| Term ended | 21 May 1996 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 21 March 1964 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christian de Chergé 17 January 1937 |
| Died | 21 May 1996 (aged 59) Médéa, Algeria |
| Buried | Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas, Algeria |
| Nationality | French |
| Denomination | Catholic (Roman Rite) |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 8 May |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 8 December 2018 Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Santa Cruz, Oran, Algeria by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu |
| Attributes | Trappist habit |
Charles-Marie Christian de Chergé, O.C.S.O (Colmar, 18 January 1937 – 21 May 1996), was a French Cistercian, one of the seven monks kidnapped from the Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas in Tibhirine, Algeria, and believed to have been later killed by Islamists in 1996. He was beatified with eighteen others, the Martyrs of Algeria, on December 9, 2018.