Saint jacques berthieu biography sample
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Jacques Berthieu
French Roman Catholic saint
Jacques Berthieu, SJ (born 27 November 1838 at Polminhac, Cantal, France; died 8 June 1896 at Ambiatibe, Madagascar), was a French Jesuit, priest and missionary in Madagascar.
He died during the Menalamba rebellion of 1896. Berthieu was 57 years old. He is the first martyr of Madagascar to be beatified.
Saint jacques berthieu biography sample
He was canonized a saint by Pope Benedict XVI, along with others, at a papal canonization Mass on 21 October 2012, during a meeting of the Catholic Synod of Bishops.
Biography
Jacques Berthieu was born on 27 November 1838 in the area of Montlogis, in Polminhac, in the Auvergne in central France, the son of deeply Christian farmers of modest means.
His childhood was spent working and studying, surrounded by his family. The early death of an older sister left him the oldest of six children.[1] He studied at the seminary of Saint-Flour and was ordained to the priesthood for the diocese on 21 May 1864.
His bishop, de Pompi