André Soulié
Jean-André Soulié | |
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| Priest | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Apostolic Vicariate of Thibet |
| Installed | 1886 |
| Term ended | 1905 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 5, 1885 |
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| Born | October 6, 1858 Saint-Juéry, Aveyron, France |
| Died | December 11, 1905 (aged 47) Yaregong, Batang, Sichuan, China |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Occupation | Missionary |
Jean-André Soulié (October 6, 1858 – December 11, 1905, known in Chinese sources as 蘇烈 [Su Lie]) was a French Roman Catholic missionary sent to East Tibet of Qing China. He was killed in a 1905 anti-Catholic revolt.
Biography
Soulié was born in
(now Yarigong Town) where he gained some popularity by practicing medicine among local people.Death
Soulié was captured, tortured and shot close to Yaregong, Sichuan, by lamas during the 1905 Tibetan Revolt.[3]
Legacy
As a botanist, Father Soulié collected more than 7,000 species, among them
Father Soulié also sent in 1895 the first seeds of Buddleja davidii to Paris. This decorative shrub was then introduced by Vilmorin and widely distributed in Europe after 1916.[4]
Around Tsekou and Atentsé (now Yunling), he captured and sent to the
See also
Notes
- ^ "Archives of the Paris Foreign Missions Society". Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
- ^ Gabriel Bonvalot, L'Asie inconnue: à travers le Tibet, Paris, Flammarion, 1896, p. 375
- ^ Annales des Missions étrangères Archived November 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Serge Muller (coord.), Plantes invasives en France, Publications scientifiques du MNHN, 2004 (réimpr. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle), 168 p
References
- Françoise Fauconnet-Buzelin, Les Martyrs oubliés du Tibet. Chronique d'une rencontre manquée (1855-1940), éd. du Cerf, coll. Petit Cerf, Paris, 2012, 656 pages
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