Augustin Schoeffler
Augustin Schoeffler (22 November 1822–1 May 1851) was a French saint and martyr in the Catholic Church and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was a priest in Lorraine who joined the Foreign Missions of Paris. He worked as a missionary to Indochina and was one of two French missionaries killed in northern Vietnam between 1847 and 1851. At the time, it was illegal to proselytise in Vietnam.
Saint Augustin Schoeffler | |
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Saint Augustin Schoeffler. | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | 22 November 1822 Mittelbronn, France |
| Died | 1 May 1851 (aged 28) Son Tay, Vietnam |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 7 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII |
| Canonized | 19 June 1988, Rome, Italy by John-Paul II |
| Major shrine | Mittelbronn, France |
| Feast | 1 May (2 May locally in France) |
| Patronage | Metz Seminary |
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