Jacques Berthieu

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1838 – 1896

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Who was Jacques Berthieu?

Saint Father Jacques Berthieu, was a French Jesuit saint, priest and missionary in Madagascar. He died for the Christian faith during the Menalamba rebellion of 1896. He was 57 years old. He is the first martyr of Madagascar to be beatified. He was canonized a saint at the Vatican by Pope Benedict XVI, along with some others, at papal canonization Mass on October 21, 2012, in the middle of a meeting of the Catholic Synod of Bishops.

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Born
Nov 27, 1838
Polminhac
Died
Jun 8, 1896

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on July 23, 2013

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