Saint François Regis Clet CM
Vincentian Martyr
François Regis Clet was born in Grenoble, France on August 19, 1748. He entered the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) at the age of 21. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1773. For 15 years he was a Theology professor at the Major Seminary of Annecy. He was admired for his great kindness and way of life; they used to call him the "walking encyclopedia". In 1788 he was appointed Director of Novices at the Mother House in Paris. The French Revolution broke out a year later. He was compelled to leave France so he asked to be sent to the Missions in China.
For 30 years he evangelized the big provinces of Kiangsi (Jianjxi), Houpe and Honan (Henan) with great enthusiasm. A violent persecution against Christians forced him to flee from his poor house. Betrayed by an apostate Christian for a sum of 30 coins, he was subjected to numerous humiliations and sufferings, which he withstood without the slightest complaint.
He was condemned to death by strangulation. He suffered martyrdom at Ou-Tchang-Fou (now Wuchang District, Wuhan), China, on February 18, 1820, by being tied to a cross and strangled with a rope. Fifty years later, his remains were transported to the Motherhouse Chapel of the Vincentian Fathers in Paris, where they now rest opposite of his co-brother missionary, St John-Gabriel Perboyre, also martyred in China 10 years later.
Pope John Paul II canonized François Regis Clet a saint on October 1, 2000.
Vincentian Martyr
François Regis Clet was born in Grenoble, France on August 19, 1748. He entered the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) at the age of 21. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1773. For 15 years he was a Theology professor at the Major Seminary of Annecy. He was admired for his great kindness and way of life; they used to call him the "walking encyclopedia". In 1788 he was appointed Director of Novices at the Mother House in Paris. The French Revolution broke out a year later. He was compelled to leave France so he asked to be sent to the Missions in China.
For 30 years he evangelized the big provinces of Kiangsi (Jianjxi), Houpe and Honan (Henan) with great enthusiasm. A violent persecution against Christians forced him to flee from his poor house. Betrayed by an apostate Christian for a sum of 30 coins, he was subjected to numerous humiliations and sufferings, which he withstood without the slightest complaint.
He was condemned to death by strangulation. He suffered martyrdom at Ou-Tchang-Fou (now Wuchang District, Wuhan), China, on February 18, 1820, by being tied to a cross and strangled with a rope. Fifty years later, his remains were transported to the Motherhouse Chapel of the Vincentian Fathers in Paris, where they now rest opposite of his co-brother missionary, St John-Gabriel Perboyre, also martyred in China 10 years later.
Pope John Paul II canonized François Regis Clet a saint on October 1, 2000.
Saint François Regis Clet CM
Vincentian Martyr
François Regis Clet was born in Grenoble, France on August 19, 1748. He entered the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) at the age of 21. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1773. For 15 years he was a Theology professor at the Major Seminary of Annecy. He was admired for his great kindness and way of life; they used to call him the "walking encyclopedia". In 1788 he was appointed Director of Novices at the Mother House in Paris. The French Revolution broke out a year later. He was compelled to leave France so he asked to be sent to the Missions in China.
For 30 years he evangelized the big provinces of Kiangsi (Jianjxi), Houpe and Honan (Henan) with great enthusiasm. A violent persecution against Christians forced him to flee from his poor house. Betrayed by an apostate Christian for a sum of 30 coins, he was subjected to numerous humiliations and sufferings, which he withstood without the slightest complaint.
He was condemned to death by strangulation. He suffered martyrdom at Ou-Tchang-Fou (now Wuchang District, Wuhan), China, on February 18, 1820, by being tied to a cross and strangled with a rope. Fifty years later, his remains were transported to the Motherhouse Chapel of the Vincentian Fathers in Paris, where they now rest opposite of his co-brother missionary, St John-Gabriel Perboyre, also martyred in China 10 years later.
Pope John Paul II canonized François Regis Clet a saint on October 1, 2000.
Vincentian Martyr
François Regis Clet was born in Grenoble, France on August 19, 1748. He entered the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) at the age of 21. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1773. For 15 years he was a Theology professor at the Major Seminary of Annecy. He was admired for his great kindness and way of life; they used to call him the "walking encyclopedia". In 1788 he was appointed Director of Novices at the Mother House in Paris. The French Revolution broke out a year later. He was compelled to leave France so he asked to be sent to the Missions in China.
For 30 years he evangelized the big provinces of Kiangsi (Jianjxi), Houpe and Honan (Henan) with great enthusiasm. A violent persecution against Christians forced him to flee from his poor house. Betrayed by an apostate Christian for a sum of 30 coins, he was subjected to numerous humiliations and sufferings, which he withstood without the slightest complaint.
He was condemned to death by strangulation. He suffered martyrdom at Ou-Tchang-Fou (now Wuchang District, Wuhan), China, on February 18, 1820, by being tied to a cross and strangled with a rope. Fifty years later, his remains were transported to the Motherhouse Chapel of the Vincentian Fathers in Paris, where they now rest opposite of his co-brother missionary, St John-Gabriel Perboyre, also martyred in China 10 years later.
Pope John Paul II canonized François Regis Clet a saint on October 1, 2000.
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