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Also known as

• Francis Isidore Gagelin
• Frans Isidor Gagelin

Memorial

• 17 October
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Studied at the Grand Seminary at Besancon, France. Member of the Paris Foreign Mission Society in 1817. Missionary to Vietnam in 1822. Priest. When the government began a crackdown on Christians, Francis turned himself over to the authorities of Bongson, and worked with other prisoners in the short time he had left. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• 10 May 1799 in Montperreux, Doubs, France

Died

• strangled to death on 17 October 1833 in Bãi Dâu, Saigon, Vietnam
• buried in Phukam, Vietnam
• relics later transferred to the seminary in Paris, France

Venerated

• 2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint François-Isidore Gagelin“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 November 2023. Web. 20 April 2024. <>