Biography
Théodoric Balat was a French priest, born on October 23, 1858, in Saint-Martin-du-Taur, Montans, in the Tarn department. He died a martyr on July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan, China, where he was an Observant Franciscan missionary. Recognized as a martyr, he was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000, in Saint Peter's Square in Rome. His feast day is July 9.
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