Biography
Rémy Isoré
About Rémy Isoré
Rémy Isoré grew up in northern France in a family connected with teaching and religious life. His parish priest encouraged his education, and he later entered the seminary at Cambrai. After a period teaching in Roubaix, he chose to join the Jesuits before ordination.
He entered the novitiate at Amiens in 1875 and later went to China as a missionary. He died during the violence of the Boxer uprising in 1900. He was canonized in 2000 with the Chinese martyrs.
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