St. Joseph Marchand (1803-1835)

St. Joseph Marchand (1803-1835) November 30, 2009

Joseph Marchand was a French missionary in Vietnam, and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. Marchand was born in Passavant, in the Doubs department of France. In 1833, he joined the Le Van Khoi revolt by Le Van Khoi, son of the late governor of southern Vietnam Le Van Duyet. Khoi and Marchand vowed to overthrow Emperor Minh Mang and replace him with My Duong, the son of Minh Mang’s late elder brother Nguyen Phuc Canh, who were both Catholics. Marchand and Khoi appealed to the Catholics to join in overthrowing Minh Mang and installing a Catholic emperor. They quickly seized the Citadel of Saigon and the uprising lasted two years. He was arrested in 1835 in Saigon and martyred, by having his flesh pulled by tongs (the supplice of the hundred wounds). He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988. His feast day is November 30, and his joint feast day with the Vietnamese Martyrs is November 24.
(From Wikipedia)

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