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painting paris foreign missions society . of théophane vénard in chains , at the vatican city , rome , italy john-paul ii rome , kingdom of italy 2 february 1861 tonkin , vietnam june 19 , 1988 saint-loup-sur-thouet , diocese of poitiers , france november 24 250px roman catholic church 21 november 1829 martyr jean-theophane_venard . jpg théophane vénard
 saint théophane vénard may 2 , 1909 pope pius x
théophane vénard

saint jean-théophane vénard , m.e.p. -lrb- november 21 , 1829 at saint-loup-sur-thouet , diocese of poitiers , france -- february 2 , 1861 in tonkin , vietnam -rrb- was a french catholic missionary to indo-china .
he was a member of the paris foreign missions society .
he was beatified in company with thirty-three other catholic martyrs , most of whom were natives of tonkin , cochin-china , or china .
pope john paul ii canonized him , with nineteen other martyrs , in 1988 .
