Augustin Schoeffler
Augustin Schoeffler (22 November 1822–1 May 1851) was a French saint and martyr in the Catholic Church and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was a priest in Lorraine who joined the Foreign Missions of Paris. He worked as a missionary to Indochina and was one of two French missionaries killed in northern Vietnam between 1847 and 1851.
Pope John Paul II canonized him on 19 June 1988, and he is venerated as one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs on 24 November. His feast day is 1 May (2 May locally in France).
Patron saint of Metz Seminary
In the Martyrology
- May 1 Saint Augustin Schoeffler, Paris Foriegn Missions priest and martyr of Vietnam