Cassien de Nantes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Capuchin priest, missionary and martyr
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Place of Birth: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
About Cassien de Nantes
- Blessed Cassien of Nantes was a Capuchin priest, missionary and martyr.
- Born Gonzalve Vaz Lopez-Netto on 14 January 1607 in Nantes to parents of Portuguese ancestry, he traveled with fellow Capuchin Blessed Agathange of Vendome through Syria, Egypt and Ethiopia.
- Accused of preaching to the Copts, they were ordered to be killed by a blow to the head by the King of Gondar.
- They were martyred on 7 August 1638.
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