February 18th

Saint Francis Regis Clet

Saint · Common of Missionary Martyrs · Wuchang, Hubei, China · d. 1820

In the city of Wuchang in the province of Hubei in China, Saint Francis Regis Clet, priest of the Congregation of the Mission and martyr, who for thirty years amid the greatest hardships proclaimed the Gospel; and so, after a bitter captivity, betrayed by an apostate, he was strangled for the name of Christ.

Latin Original

[n urbe Uciaménsi províncize Hubei in Sinis, sancti Francísci Régis Clet, presbyteri e Congregatióne Missiónis et mártyris, qui trigínta annos inter máximas srümnas Evangélium nuntiávit, quaprópter post acérbam captivitátem, ab apóstata decéptus, ob christiánum nomen strangulátus est.