How to Pronounce Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse
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Dec 08, 1750 Lezoux, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France Died on 14 Sep 1815 (aged 64)
French bishop and saint
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About Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse
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- Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (8 December 1750 – 14 September 1815) was a member of Society of Foreign Missions of Paris and a Martyr Saint of the Catholic Church.
- He was born at Ville-de-Lezoux, diocese of Clermont, France.
- He joined the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris seminary in 1774.
- He was ordained a priest on 17 September 1774.
- He was sent as a missionary to Szechuan, China in 1775.
- There he was imprisoned for six months in 1784 during a government persecution of Christians.
- He was reassigned to Macao, but return to the Chinese missions in 1788. He was appointed as the Titular bishop of Thabraca and Co-adjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan), China on 24 July 1798; He became the Vicar Apostolic on 15 November 1801.
- He spent the next 15 years in constant danger during the persecution of Christians.
- He was betrayed to the authorities by a native Christian and was arrested on 18 May 1815.
- He was beheaded on 14 September 1815 at Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
- His head was attached to a pole and his body left exposed for three days as a warning to others.
- This body was later buried by local Christians.Pope Leo XIII declared him as venerable on 2 July 1899 and Beatified him on 27 May 1900.
- He was Canonized by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000.
