St John-Louis Bonnard Biography |
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| Date of Birth | 1 March 1824 |
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| Country of Birth | France in Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Saints who were Priests |
| Profession | Missionary priest |
| Place of Work | France, Hong Kong, Vietnam |
| Date of Death | 1 May 1852 |
| Place of Death | Vietnam |
| Feast Day | May 1 |
| Beatification | Beatified by Pope Leo XIII on 27 May 1900 |
| Canonization | Canonized by Pope John Paul II on 19 June 1988 |
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Saint’s Biography
Saint John-Louis Bonnard studied at seminaries in Aix and Lyons. In 1848 Giovanni Ludovico Bonnard became a missionary priest in France with the Paris Society of Foreign Missions. The Association assigned him to Hong Kong. Later Giovanni Ludovico Bonnard was re-assigned to Annam, Indo-China (modern Vietnam) in May 1850.
He was arrested for being a missionary and baptizing children at Boasujan in 1852 and imprisoned and tried at Nadinh. Giovanni Ludovico Bonnard was killed together with Saint Augustine Schoffler.
St. John-Louis Bonnard Death
Giovanni Ludovico Bonnard was beheaded on May 1, 1852, at Tonkin, Indo-China (modern Vietnam) and his body was thrown into the river but immediately recovered by local Christians.
Venerated
Pope Leo XIII venerated Giovanni Ludovico Bonnard on July 2, 1899.
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