Jean-Charles Cornay
Jean-Charles Cornay was born on February 27, 1809. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Jean-Charles Cornay
Jean-Charles Cornay (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl kɔʁnɛ]; 27 February 1809 – 20 September 1837) was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was martyred in Vietnam. He was executed in Ha Tay, Tonkin, now Vietnam, during the persecutions of Emperor Minh Mạng. Cornay was beatified on 27 May 1900, and canonized by Pope John Paul II on 19 June 1988. A town in France still carries his name.