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Schöffler, Agostino

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Also known as: Blessed Augustin Schoeffler, Augustine Schoeffler; French: Augustin Schoeffler; Italian: Agostino Schoeffler

SCHÖFFLER, AGOSTINO. - Born on 22 Nov. 1822 at Mittelbronn (Lorraine), died on 1 May 1851 near Son-Tay.

He entered the major seminary of Nancy in 1842 and on 9 Oct. 1846 passed to the Seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris. Ordained a priest on 29 May 1847, he set out on 16 Sept. 1847 for the missions of western Tonkin, where persecution against Christians was raging. On 1 March 1851 he was captured and after two months beheaded. On 27 May 1900 he was beatified by Leo XIII, together with the 77 Annamite martyrs (v.).

Bibliography

BIBL.: L. Finot, Un martyr lorrain en Extrême-Orient. Vie et mort du bienheureux Augustin S., Metz 1904.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 79.

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Kowalsky, Nicola. “Schöffler, agostino.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 79. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/schoffler-agostino.

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Kowalsky, Nicola. “Schöffler, agostino.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 79. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/schoffler-agostino.

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  title     = {Schöffler, agostino},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {79},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/schoffler-agostino}
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