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Jean-Gabriel Perboyre
French vincentian missionary, martyr and saint (1802-1840).
Born January 6th, 1802 in Montgesty.
Died September 16th, 1840 at 38 years old in Wuchang District.
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon