Saint of the Day – 11 September – St John Gabriel Perboyre C.M. (1802-1840) Priest, Martyr of the Congregation of the Mission

Saint of the Day – 11 September – St John Gabriel Perboyre C.M. (1802-1840) – Martyr, Priest, Missionary, Teacher (6 January 1802 at Le Puech, near Mongesty, Cahors diocese, southern France – lashed to a cross on a hill named the “red mountain”, then strangled with a rope on 11 September 1840 at Ou-Tchang-Fou, China).   … Continue reading Saint of the Day – 11 September – St John Gabriel Perboyre C.M. (1802-1840) Priest, Martyr of the Congregation of the Mission