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Auguste Chapdelaine

French missionary
Auguste Chapdelaine, Chinese name Mǎ Lài 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... Wikipedia
Born: February 6, 1814, Kingdom of France
Died: February 29, 1856 (age 42 years), Guangxi, China
Feast: 27 February