Author: Decroix, Paul

Asian martyrs and unsung heroes
Date2002
Publish_locationPenang
PublisherPhoenix Printers Sdn. Bhd.
CollectionRicci Institute [AEC]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberBR1600.D43 2002
Descriptionxvi, 271 p : color ill., maps ; 26 cm + supp
NoteAsian martyrs and unsung heroes / by P. Decroix.

Decroix (1922?-2015) was member of MEP (Missions Étrangères de Paris). Book is organized primarily by country, with some exceptions: one chapter on early missionaries, one on St. Francis Xavier, one on martyrs in Afghanistan and the People's Republic of China (PRC), and two on Malaysian martyrs in Malacca and Penang respectively (the latter is titled "The College of Martyrs"). Remaining chapters respectively cover Japan (Nagasaki), imperial China, Tibet, Vietnam, Korea, Thailand, Philippines, Burma [Myanmar], Cambodia, and India.

Supplement featuring additional martyrs from the PRC, North Korea, and Socotra Island (in the Arabian Sea) also held.

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SubjectChristian martyrs--Asia Martyrs--Asia
ISBN9834070519 ; 9789834070519
LCCN2005347211
Supplement to 'Asian martyrs and unsung heroes'
Date[2002]
Publish_location[Penang]
Publisher[Phoenix Printers Sdn. Bhd.]
CollectionRicci Institute [AEC]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberBR1600.D432 2002
Description27 p : ill , map ; 26 cm
NoteSupplement to "Asian martyrs and unsung heroes" / P. Decroix.

As indicated by title, supplement to "Asian martyrs and unsung heroes" by Fr. Paul Decroix, MEP (1922?-2015). Consists of three chapters on martyrs on Socotora (Socotra) Island in 1760, in North Korea from 1950-1953, and at the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Consolation [Yang kia ping ?= Yangjia bing] near Beijing in Hebei in 1947-1948. Includes a map of the Trappist monks' death march, and photographs of sites and individuals described in all three chapters.

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SubjectChristian martyrs--Asia Heroes Martyrs--Asia