Jacques Berthieu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacques Berthieu

French Jesuit missionary

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1838

Place of Birth: Polminhac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 08-Jun-1896

Profession: Catholic priest, Jesuit

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Saint Jacques Berthieu (born November 27, 1838, at Polminhac, Cantal, France; died June 8, 1896, at Ambiatibe, Madagascar), was a French Jesuit, priest and missionary in Madagascar.
He died during the Menalamba rebellion of 1896.
Berthieu was 57 years old.
He is the first martyr of Madagascar to be beatified.
He was canonized a saint by Pope Benedict XVI, along with others, at a papal canonization Mass on October 21, 2012, during a meeting of the Catholic Synod of Bishops.