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Saint Jean-Charles Cornay, M.E.P.
Saint Jean-Charles Cornay, M.E.P.
	Martyrdom of St. Jean-Charles Cornay, M.E.P.
Priest and martyr
Born	27 February 1809; Loudun, Vienne, France
Died	20 September 1837; Son Tay, Tonkin, Vietnam
Beatified	27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized	19 June 1988 by Pope John-Paul II
Feast	24 November

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Saint Jean-Charles Cornay, M.E.P., (27 February 1809 – 20 September 1837) was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was martyred in Vietnam. He was executed in Ha Tay, Tonkin, now Vietnam,^[1] during the persecutions of Emperor Minh Mạng.

A town in France still carries his name.

Cornay was beatified on 27 May 1900, and canonized by Pope John Paul II on 19 June 1988.^[1]

Biography

He was born in Loudun, Vienne, France, the third child of Jean-Baptiste Cornay (born 1777) and Françoise Mayaud (1780-1857); he had one brother, Eugène (1817-1893), and three sisters: Élisabeth (1804-1871), Olympe (1806-1888), and Louise (1821-1890). Their parents brought them up as good Catholics. Jean-Charles was baptized on 3 March 1809 in the church of Saint-Pierre-du-Marché in Loudun. His godparents were Henri Mayaud and Thérèse Cornay, his aunt.

Cornay studied first at the school Saint-Louis in Saumur, then in the Jesuit minor seminary in Montmorillon, after which he studied at the major seminary of Poitiers. He was known as a normal student, humble and with a gentle disposition.

At Poitiers, Cornay received the tonsure on 1 June 1828 and Minor Orders on 14 June 1829. He was installed as a sub-deacon on 6 June 1830 in the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul of Poitiers.

After he completed his theological studies, Corday left Poitiers to enter the seminary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society on 13 October 1830. His missionary vocation was met with reluctance and misunderstanding on the part of his parents. This his first struggle to be faithful to God's call put him in opposition to the wishes of his parents, while maintaining his filial love. To his mother he said: “Just let me go to Paris, I will have at least three years there with every opportunity to examine my vocation, and all the means of preparing for it if it is authentic”. But his stay at the Foreign Missions Seminary in Paris was brief, due to periods of insecurity following the July Revolution. The seminary was targeted; Cornay wrote in his diary: "Yesterday our seminary was invaded and seven or eight posters were put up, proclaiming ‘Death to the Jesuits of the Rue du Bac', and a dagger as signature".

Corday was ordained a deacon in 1831 and left France to go to the Sichuan province of China. His departure was hurried because of the need to replace an other missionary. His intended destination was Szechwan in China, some 1,250 miles from the coast. After six months of travel he landed in Macau, in Tonkin, in the midst of the violent persecution of 1831. Two guides had been sent to accompany him up the Yang-Tse-Kiang to reach Sichuan, but they never arrived. Cornay was stuck in Tonkin.

Cornay was secretly ordained to the priesthood three years later on 26 April 1834 by Bishop Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard, M.E.P., Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Western Tonkin,^[2] after traveling along the Red River disguised as a Chinese. With no hope of reaching China from Tonkin, he chose to stay there. In his grueling ministry he was always calm, even joyous. Even his deteriorating health did nothing to reduce his faith.

Corday was arrested in 1837, accused of being the leader of an evil sect and of fomenting a rebellion. He was subjected to the cangue (a wooden torture collar) and then the cage. His response to torture was to sing. “After fifty blows I was untied. Arriving at the prison, I sang the Salve Regina, the hymn to the Virgin”.

On 20 September 1837, as decreed by the Emperor Minh Mang, he was dismembered and beheaded near the Son-Tay citadel, not far from Hanoi. His head was displayed for three days and then thrown into the river.

In the midst of all kinds of difficulties and even when facing death, Cornay proclaimed his faith: “The Lord is faithful: he expects from us a total trust in his promises”. He wrote to his parents: “When you receive this letter, my dear father, my dear mother, do not grieve for my death; by consenting to my departure, you have already made most of the sacrifice”. His remains are in the church at Chieu-Ung.

Cornay's example occasioned the vocation of Saint Théophane Vénard, M.E.P. (1829-1861), who was among those canonized the same day as he.^[3]

Cornay was declared Venerable on 19 June 1840 by Pope Gregory XVI. He was included in the Martyrology on 2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII after he had been beatified by that pope on 27 May 1900. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 19 June 1988 as one of the 117 Martyrs of Vietnam, whose feast day is celebrated on 24 November. ^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West by Michael Walsh p. 295.
^ "Bishop Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard, M.E.P." Catholic Hierarchy. {{cite web}}: Text "accessdate" ignored (help)
^ "Mártires de Vietnam (+1745-1862)". Vatican News Service. Retrieved 10 December 2012.Template:Es
^ fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Charles_Cornay

External links

Template:Fr icon Archives of the Paris Foreign Missions Society

http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/70950

http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/9979/Saint-Jean-Charles-Cornay.html

http://www.gpnt.net/diendan/archive/index.php/t-856.html

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[Saints_p.295-1] A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West by Michael Walsh p. 295.

[2] "Bishop Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard, M.E.P." Catholic Hierarchy. {{cite web}}: Text "accessdate" ignored (help)

[3] "Mártires de Vietnam (+1745-1862)". Vatican News Service. Retrieved 10 December 2012.Template:Es

[4] r.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Charles_Cornay

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-'''Jean-Charles Cornay''' (27 February 1809 – 20 September 1837) was a French missionary of the [[Paris Foreign Missions Society]] in [[Vietnam]]. He was born in [[Loudun]], [[Vienne]], France, and was executed in [[Ha Tay]], [[Tonkin]], now [[Vietnam]],<ref name="Saints p.295">''A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West'' by Michael Walsh p. 295.</ref> during the persecutions of Emperor [[Minh Mạng]].
+Saint '''Jean-Charles Cornay, M.E.P.''', (27 February 1809 – 20 September 1837) was a [[French people|French]] missionary of the [[Paris Foreign Missions Society]] who was [[martyr]]ed in [[Vietnam]]. He was executed in [[Ha Tay]], [[Tonkin]], now [[Vietnam]],<ref name="Saints p.295">''A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West'' by Michael Walsh p. 295.</ref> during the persecutions of Emperor [[Minh Mạng]].
 [[Image:Jean-Charles Cornay portrait.jpg|thumb|left|Jean-Charles Cornay.]]
-[[File:Loudun église St Pierre statue JC Cornay (1).JPG|thumb|left|Statue of Jean-Charles Cornay, in the church of ''Saint-Pierre du marché'', [[Loudun]].]]
+[[File:Loudun église St Pierre statue JC Cornay (1).JPG|thumb|left|Statue of Jean-Charles Cornay, in the church of Saint-Pierre du Marché, [[Loudun]].]]
 A town in France still carries his name.
-Jean-Charles Cornay was beatified on 27 May 1900, and canonized by [[John Paul II]] on 19 June 1988.<ref name="Saints p.295"/>
+Cornay was [[beatification|beatified]] on 27 May 1900, and [[canonization|canonized]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 19 June 1988.<ref name="Saints p.295"/>
 ==Biography==
-Jean-Charles Cornay was the third child of Jean-Baptiste Cornay (born in 1777) and Françoise Mayaud (1780-1857); he had one brother, Eugène (1817-1893), and three sisters: Élisabeth (1804-1871), Olympe (1806-1888), and Louise (1821-1890). Their parents brought them up as good Catholics.
+He was born in [[Loudun]], [[Vienne]], France, the third child of Jean-Baptiste Cornay (born 1777) and Françoise Mayaud (1780-1857); he had one brother, Eugène (1817-1893), and three sisters: Élisabeth (1804-1871), Olympe (1806-1888), and Louise (1821-1890). Their parents brought them up as good Catholics. Jean-Charles was baptized on 3 March 1809 in the church of Saint-Pierre-du-Marché in Loudun. His [[godparent]]s were Henri Mayaud and Thérèse Cornay, his aunt.
+Cornay studied first at the school Saint-Louis in Saumur, then in the [[Jesuit]] [[minor seminary]] in Montmorillon, after which he studied at the [[major seminary]] of [[Poitiers]]. He was known as a normal student, humble and with a gentle disposition.
-Jean-Charles was baptized on 3 March 1809 in the church of Saint-Pierre-du-Marché in Loudun. His godparents were Henri Mayaud and Thérèse Cornay, his aunt.
+At Poitiers, Cornay received the tonsure on 1 June 1828 and [[Minor Orders]] on 14 June 1829. He was installed as a sub-deacon on 6 June 1830 in the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul of Poitiers.
-He studied first at the school Saint-Louis in Saumur, then in the Jesuit minor seminary in Montmorillon and in the major seminary of Poitiers. He was known as a normal student, humble and with a gentle disposition.
+After he completed his theological studies, Corday left Poitiers to enter the seminary of the [[Paris Foreign Missions Society]] on 13 October 1830. His missionary vocation was met with reluctance and misunderstanding on the part of his parents. This his first struggle to be faithful to God's call put him in opposition to the wishes of his parents, while maintaining his filial love. To his mother he said: “Just let me go to Paris, I will have at least three years there with every opportunity to examine my vocation, and all the means of preparing for it if it is authentic”. But his stay at the Foreign Missions Seminary in Paris was brief, due to periods of insecurity following the [[July Revolution]]. The seminary was targeted; Cornay wrote in his diary: "Yesterday our seminary was invaded and seven or eight posters were put up, proclaiming ‘Death to the Jesuits of the Rue du Bac', and a dagger as signature".
-At the major seminary of Poitiers, he was tonsured on 1 June 1828 and receive the minor orders on 14 June 1829. He was ordained a sub-deacon on 6 June 1830 in the cathedral Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul of Poitiers.
+Corday was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a deacon in 1831 and left France to go to the [[Sichuan]] province of China. His departure was hurried because of the need to replace an other missionary. His intended destination was [[Szechwan]] in China, some 1,250 miles from the coast. After six months of travel he landed in [[Macau]], in Tonkin, in the midst of the violent persecution of 1831. Two guides had been sent to accompany him up the Yang-Tse-Kiang to reach Sichuan, but they never arrived. Cornay was stuck in Tonkin.
-He left Poitiers to enter the Foreign Missions Seminary in Paris on 13 October 1830. His missionary vocation met with reluctance and misunderstanding on the part of his parents.
+Cornay was secretly ordained to the priesthood three years later on 26 April 1834 by [[bishop (Catholic Church)|Bishop]] [[Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard]], M.E.P., [[coadjutor bishop|Coadjutor]] [[Apostolic Vicar]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi|Western Tonkin]],<ref>{{cite web|work=Catholic Hierarchy|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhavard.html|title=Bishop Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard, M.E.P.|accessdate}}</ref> after traveling along the [[Red River]] disguised as a Chinese. With no hope of reaching China from Tonkin, he chose to stay there. In his grueling ministry he was always calm, even joyous. Even his deteriorating health did nothing to reduce his faith.
-His first struggle to be faithful to God's call put him in opposition to the wishes of his parents, while maintaining his filial love. To his mother he said: “Just let me go to Paris, I will have at least three years there with every opportunity to examine my vocation, and all the means of preparing for it if it is authentic”. But his stay at the Foreign Missions Seminary in Paris was brief passage due to periode of insecurity following the July Revolution. The seminary was targeted; Cornay wrote in his diary: "Yesterday our seminary was invaded and seven or eight posters were put up, proclaiming ‘Death to the Jesuits of the Rue du Bac', and a dagger as signature".
+Corday was arrested in 1837, accused of being the leader of an evil sect and of fomenting a rebellion. He was subjected to the [[cangue]] (a wooden torture collar) and then the cage. His response to torture was to sing. “After fifty blows I was untied. Arriving at the prison, I sang the ''[[Salve Regina]]'', the hymn to the Virgin”.
-In 1831 he was ordained a deacon and left France to go to the Sichuan province of China. His departure was hurried because of the need to replace an other missionary. His intended destination was Szechwan in China, some 1250 miles from the coast. After six months of travel he landed in Macau, in Tonkin, in the midst of the violent persecution of 1831. Two guides had been sent to him, in order to go up the Yang-Tse-Kiang to reach Sichuan; but the never arrived. Cornay was stuck in Tonkin.
+On 20 September 1837, as decreed by the Emperor Minh Mang, he was dismembered and beheaded near the Son-Tay citadel, not far from Hanoi. His head was displayed for three days and then thrown into the river.
-He was ordained to the priesthood three years later, secretly, on 26 April 1834, by Bishop Joseph Havard, in Hanoi, after traveling along the Red River disguised as a Chinese. With no hope of reaching China from Tonkin, he chose to stay there. In his grueling ministry he was always calm, even joyous. Even his deteriorating health did nothing to reduce his faith.
+In the midst of all kinds of difficulties and even when facing death, Cornay proclaimed his faith: “The Lord is faithful: he expects from us a total trust in his promises”. He wrote to his parents: “When you receive this letter, my dear father, my dear mother, do not grieve for my death; by consenting to my departure, you have already made most of the sacrifice”. His remains are in the church at [[Chieu-Ung]].
-In 1837, he was arrested, accused of being the leader of an evil sect and of fomenting a rebellion. He was subjected to the cangue (a wooden torture collar) and then the cage. His response to torture was to sing. “After fifty blows I was untied. Arriving at the prison, I sang the Salve Regina, the hymn to the Virgin”.
+Cornay's example occasioned the vocation of Saint [[Théophane Vénard]], M.E.P. (1829-1861), who was among those canonized the same day as he.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19880619_martiri_vietnam_sp.html|work=Vatican News Service|title=Mártires de Vietnam (+1745-1862)|accessdate=10 December 2012}}{{es}}</ref>
-On 20 September 1837, as decreed by the empereur Minh Mang, he was quartered, dismembered, and beheaded, near the Son-Tay citadel, not far from Hanoi. His head was displayed for three days and then thrown into the river.
+Cornay was declared [[Venerable]] on 19 June 1840 by [[Pope Gregory XVI]]. He was included in the [[Martyrology]] on 2 July 1899 by [[Pope Leo XIII]] after he had been beatified by that pope on 27 May 1900. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 19 June 1988 as one of the 117 [[Martyrs of Vietnam]], whose [[calendar of saints|feast day]] is celebrated on 24 November. <ref>fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Charles_Cornay</ref>
-In the midst of all kinds of difficulties and even when facing death, Jean-Charles Cornay has fearlessly proclaimed his faith: “The Lord is faithful: he expects from us a total trust in his promises”. He wrote to his parents: “When you receive this letter, my dear father, my dear mother, do not grieve for my death; by consenting to my departure, you have already made most of the sacrifice”. His remains are in the church of Chieu-Ung.
-His example occasioned the vocation of Saint [[Théophane Vénard]] (1829-1861).
-Jean-Charles Cornay was declared Venerable on 19 June 1840 by Gregory XVI. He was included in the martyrology on 2 July 1899 by Leo XIII, beatified by Leo XIII on 27 May 1900, and canonized by John-Paul II on 19 June 1988 as the 19th of the 117 martyrs of Vietnam, whose memorial is celebrated on 24 November. <ref>fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Charles_Cornay</ref>
 ==See also==
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 | NAME              = Cornay, Jean-Charles
 | ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION =
+| SHORT DESCRIPTION = French missionary and martyr
 | DATE OF BIRTH     = 27 February 1809
 | PLACE OF BIRTH    = Loudun, France
 | DATE OF DEATH     = 20 September 1837
-| PLACE OF DEATH    = Son Tay, Tonkin
+| PLACE OF DEATH    = Son Tay, Tonkin, Vietnam
 }}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornay, Jean-Charles}}
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 [[Category:People from Vienne]]
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-[[Category:Vietnamese Roman Catholic saints]]
 [[Category:Paris Foreign Missions Society]]
 [[Category:People executed by Vietnam]]
 [[Category:Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam]]
 [[Category:1837 in Vietnam]]
+[[Category:People executed by dismemberment]]
 [[Category:French people executed abroad]]
 [[Category:19th-century executions]]
+[[Category:Canonizations by Pope John Paul II]]
+[[Category:19th-century Christian saints]]
+[[Category:19th-century Roman Catholic martyrs]]
 [[fr:Jean-Charles Cornay]]

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