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Jean-Charles Cornay was beatified on 27 May 1900, and canonized by [[John Paul II]] on 19 June 1988.<ref name="Saints p.295"/> |
Jean-Charles Cornay was beatified on 27 May 1900, and canonized by [[John Paul II]] on 19 June 1988.<ref name="Saints p.295"/> |
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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. |
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. |
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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. |
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. |
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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: "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". |
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". |
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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. |
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. |
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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. |
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. |
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==See also== |
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Saint Jean-Charles Cornay | |
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| Born | 27 February 1809 Loudun, France |
| Died | 20 September 1837 Son Tay, Tonkin |
| Beatified | 27 May 1900 by Leo XIII |
| Canonized | 19 June 1988 by John-Paul II |
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,[1] during the persecutions of Emperor Minh Mạng.
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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.[1]
[2]==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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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 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”.
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.
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, ho 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.
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External links
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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