Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
BEUDIN, CORNEILLE. - Jesuit missionary, b. at Gravelines (now in French Flanders, then in the Catholic Netherlands) in 1615, d. for the faith at Papigochic (Mexico) on 4 June 1650. He entered the Society of Jesus at Malines in 1635 and arrived in the mission of New Spain in 1647, taking the name Godinez. His apostolate was of short duration. Sent to Tarahumara, he was unable to win over the minds of the Indians, who were embittered by the abuses of the Spanish conquerors and colonists. In an uprising, the missionary, who was also accused of causing deaths by administering the last sacraments, was killed by arrows in the present-day State of Chihuahua. B. is said to have composed a grammar and a Mexican-Tarahumara dictionary, which have not been found.
BIBL.: Andrés de Rada, R. P. C. Beudinii, dicti Godinez martyrium, in [J. van de Welle] Relatio triplex de rebus indicis. Antwerp 1654, pp. 4-31; A. Pérez de Ribas, Chronica e historia religiosa de la Provincia de la Comp. de Jesús de Mexico, II, Mexico 1896, pp. 544-54; J. Masson, Missionnaires Belges sous l'ancien régime, I. Cenx qui versèrent leur sang. Brussels 1947, pp. 120-33. Edmondo Lamalle
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“BEUDIN, CORNEILLE.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), p. 886. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/beudin-corneille.
