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Francis Regis Clet
François-Régis
Clet
is one of the
Martyr Saints of China
.
Clet was
born
in
Grenoble
. In
1769
he
entered
the
Congregation of the Mission
. He
worked
as a
priest
in
Annecy
and
Paris
. In 1791 he went to
China
.
Finally
he was arrested and
executed
in
Wuchang
for
illegal
mission
. He was declared a
venerable
in
1843
,
beatified
in
1900
and
canonized
by
Pope John Paul II
in
2000
.