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Théophane Vénard

Missionary
Jean-Théophane Vénard was a French Catholic missionary to Indo-China. He was a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was beatified in company with thirty-three other Catholic martyrs, most of whom were natives of Tonkin, Cochin-China,... Wikipedia
Born: November 21, 1829, Saint-Loup-Lamairé, France
Died: February 2, 1861 (age 31 years), Hanoi, Vietnam
Canonized: 19 June 1988, Vatican City, Rome, Italy by John-Paul II
Feast: 24 November