September 14th

Saint Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse

Saint · Common of Missionary Martyrs · Chengdu, Sichuan, China · d. 1815

In the city of Chengdu in the province of Sichuan in China, Saint Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse, bishop and martyr, who brought to completion by the martyrdom of beheading the active ministry to which he had devoted forty years.

Latin Original

In urbe Cemtuána províncize Szchuan Sinárum, sancti Gabriélis ‘Tauríni Dufresse, episcopi et mártyris, qui actuósum ministérium, cui quadraginta annos vacáverat, decollatiónis martyrio perfécit.