Optional Memorial
Saint Peter Chanel
- Feast day
- April 28
- Patron of
- Oceania
- Origin
- French
Life
Peter Chanel was a Marist priest and missionary to the Pacific island of Futuna, where he was clubbed to death by warriors sent by the local king. Within a year of his death, the entire island converted to Christianity.
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