ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of November WELCOME! SAINT PIERRE DUMOULIN, PRIEST AND MARTYR The missionary Petrus [Pierre] Dumoulin was executed for his faith on November 14, 1838, in Tonkin [Vietnam], along with the local priest Petrus Koa . Petrus Dumoulin was born in Cors, Diocese of Tulle, on February 20, 1808. From childhood, he displayed great piety, a tender devotion to the Mother of God, and a rare work ethic. During a serious illness, he made a vow to dedicate himself entirely to the service of God and, with a dispensation for age for the purpose of missionary work, received priestly ordination on November 21, 1830. As early as July 15 of the following year, he landed in Macau, and two months later he was already in Tonkin. There he preached and baptized amidst a terribly bloody persecution. Often, anticipating his death, he would jokingly say, "I'm too tall; they'll soon cut me down." On July 31, 1838, he was thrown i...
ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 10th of July WELCOME! SAINT PETER TU, MARTYR [Saint] Petrus Tu, (June 10), catechist in Tonkin¹, was strangled for spreading the Gospel. In 1840, in his 30th year, he thus died a martyr. This happened after he had suffered two years of harsh imprisonment. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 865) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Peter may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org In 1838, the French missionary priest (Saint) Pierre Dumoulin-Borie was arrested ...