Saint Jean-Charles Cornay

Also known as

• Charles Cornay
• John Charles Cornay
• John Cornay
• Johannes Karl Cornay

Memorial

• 20 September
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Priest. Member of the Paris Society of Foreign Missions. Missionary to Vietnam, working in Annam. Accused of theft after weapons were planted on his land to discredit him, he was actually arrested for his faith at Ban-ho. He was kept in chains in a cage for three months, routinely beaten, and when interrogated was told to sing his answers as he was known for his beautiful voice. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• 27 February 1809 at Loudun, diocese of Poitiers, Vienne, France

Died

• beheaded and his body hacked to pieces on 20 September 1837 at Son Tây, Ha Tây, Vietnam

Venerated

• 2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein

New Catholic Dictionary