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St. Jean Gabriel was born in Puech, France, on January 6th, 1802, to a pious family of eight children. Including Jean Gabriel, five of the Perboyer children became consecrated religious – three priests and two nuns. Accompanying his younger brother Louis while he was entering the seminary, Jean-Gabriel discovered his calling and entered the Congregation of the Mission, founded by St. Vincent de Paul, at the age of 16.
He was ordained at age 23 and taught theology at the seminary before being appointed rector, and later master of novices in Paris – on account of the sanctity his superiors saw in him.
His younger brother, Louis, died on his way to preach in China at the age of 24 and Jean-Gabriel asked to carry out the mission that had been entrusted to his brother. He arrived on the island of Macao on August 29, 1835 and set out for the mainland later that year.
He carried out his evangelical labors in Ho-Nan for three years before being transferred to Hou-Pรฉ. His missions bore much fruit in the short time he spent there.
On September 11, 1839 Jean-Gabriel became one of the first victims of the persecutions against Christians, dying in a manner which had a striking resemblance to the passion of our Lord. He was betrayed for a sum of silver, stripped of his garments and dragged from tribunal to tribunal, beaten and tortured continuously until he was sentenced to death with seven criminals. He was crucified and died on a cross.
Canonized on June 2, 1996 by Pope John Paul II, St. Jean Gabriel Perboyre is the first saint of China.
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“๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง. ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ข๐บ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ญ, “‘๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ – ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ – ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.'”
