Mission and hagiography in the early modern Catholic missions in Vietnam : de Rhodes’ eulogy for Andrew of Phú Yên
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Culture and Religion |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14755610.2025.2503298 |
| Description | The article attempts to analyse La glorievse mort d’André catechiste de la Cochinchine, qui a la premier versé son sang pour la querelle de Iesvs-Christ, en cette nouuelle Eglise (‘A glorious death of Andrew, a catechist from Cochinchina who for the first time poured his blood for the sake of Jesus Christ in this new church’), published in Paris in 1653, a lesser-known text by Alexandre de Rhodes, one of the most important figures of the Catholic missions in what is now Vietnam. La glorievse mort is a hagiographic account of the first native Vietnamese martyr, Blessed Andrew of Phú Yen (Anre Phú Yen), written with a clear intention to introduce a cult of a native Vietnamese Catholic as a venerated saint (albeit not yet formally canonised or beatified). The text will be examined in the context of de Rhodes’ life and missionary pursuits. |