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Modeste Andlauer
French jesuit, missionary, martyr, Catholic saint (1847-1900)
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Feast: 19 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1847
verified
Died
1900
verified
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
1 October 2000
unverified
Who they were
Modeste Andlauer was born at Rosheim in Alsace in 1847. A French Jesuit, he was one of the Jesuits of the province of Chi-li who were put to death for their faith in 1900, during the Boxer rising.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Jesuit killed for the faith in China during the Boxer rising of 1900.
Connected on this site
- 120 martyrs of China Saint honoured together
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Martyrs in China
- Roman Martyrology, 9 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2565740 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.