Jacques Berthieu
French Jesuit missionary
Died when: 57 years 194 days (690 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
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Jacques Berthieu (born 27 November 1838 at Polminhac, Cantal, France; died 8 June 1896 at Ambiatibe, Madagascar), was a French Jesuit, priest and missionary in Madagascar.
He died during the Menalamba rebellion of 1896.Berthieu was 57 years old.He is the first martyr of Madagascar to be beatified.
He was canonized a saint by Pope Benedict XVI, along with others, at a papal canonization Mass on 21 October 2012, during a meeting of the Catholic Synod of Bishops.
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