Cassien de Nantes

Capuchin priest, missionary and martyr

Blessed Cassien of Nantes OFM Cap.
Born	14 January 1607 Nantes
Died	August 7, 1638(1638-08-07) (aged 31) Ethiopia
Venerated in	Roman Catholicism
Beatified	1 January 1905 by Pope Pius X

Cassien of Nantes, OFM Cap. (born Gonzalve Vaz Lopez-Netto; 1607 – 1638) was a French Capuchin missionary priest in Africa during the 17th century. Born on 14 January 1607 in Nantes to parents of Portuguese ancestry,^[1] he traveled with fellow Capuchin Agathange of Vendome through Syria, Egypt and Ethiopia. Accused of preaching to the Copts, they were ordered by the King of Gondar to be killed with a blow to the head. They were martyred on 7 August 1638.^[2]

References

^ Lobineau, Guy-Alexis (1837). Les vies des saints de Bretagne et des personnes d'une éminente piété qui ont vécu dans cette province (in French). chez Méquignon junior. p. 43. Cassien de Nantes 1607.
^ "Bienheureux Agathange de Vendôme et Cassien de Nantes". Retrieved 2018-09-21.