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trial and execution for being "traitor". Before departing, de
Montigny opened fire at the Vietnamese port of Da Nang as a threatening warning to Tự Đức, calling for stopping the persecution. Furious, Tự Đức believed that these provocations were part of Christians' plots with foreign enemies. Feeling
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Vietnam was signed on 6 June 1862 which forced Tự Đức to liberalize his religious policies. He issued an edict in late 1862 which reverted and abolished all of his previous anti-Christian orders. Catholicism was officially recognized, and worshipers gained protection. Tự Đức then
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ever in history happened in
Vietnam, also was the last state-sponsored persecution of Catholic Christians in Vietnam, as a part of Tự Đức's efforts to eradicate every trace of Vietnamese Christianity. The persecution suddenly stopped in 1862 after a royal decree was passed by Tự Đức himself which
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After the French expeditionary army had invaded and seized Saigon in
February 1859, Tự Đức launched a new campaign against Catholic mandarins in the government. On 15 December, he issued a new edict which demoted all Catholic officials in the government, and immediately death sentenced for those
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condemned the Tạ Văn Phụng rebellion as foolish and forbade
Christians to join it. However, Tự Đức ordered Sampedro to be executed on 28 July because Tạ Văn Phụng was a Catholic. Ta Van Phung's forces later were said to be 200,000 strong. The rebellion lasted until 1865.
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The persecution began in 1848, the year of Tự Đức's inauguration. Accusing the
Catholic Christians of abandoning ancestor worship, Buddha, and practicing superstitions, and fearing that they would revolt against his rule, Tự Đức labeled the Catholics as
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to negotiate trade with
Vietnam, but Tự Đức ignored. The ship captain La Capricieuse previously had sent a letter to Tự Đức demanding free trade and religious freedom. At the same time, the court was going to had Christian high-ranking mandarin
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insecure, on 6 June the emperor issued a new edict to consolidate his policy over
Christianity. He forced all Christians to have weddings and funerals based on traditional Vietnamese rituals, including the worship of ancestors and spirits.
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September 1855, accusing Catholic sympathy of Le loyalists rebelled against his rule, Tự Đức ordered a new decree, all churches to be burned, all public Christian gatherings were banned, and all efforts were to destroy the
75:(heretics), and issued a nation-wide edict to forbid Catholicism. Missionaries were thrown onto the sea. Vietnamese priests had to denounce their faith, and they would face severe punishments and be tagged as
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changed his name to Lê Duy Minh, proclaimed as the emperor of
Catholic Vietnam, and rallied Le loyalists against Tự Đức. Two Dominican priests joined his rebellion. In May, the Grand bishop
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414:, born 1798, executed on 26 May 1861, Đồng Hới.
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769:Christian work throughout the world: Volume 2
742:Manual of Universal Church History: Volume 3
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1127:Government, military, and economy
1009:French incursion on Tonkin (1873)
896:Vietnamese Civil War of 1789–1802
749:Cothonay, Marie Bertrand (1911).
115:In 1858, a Catholic bishop named
901:Vietnamese invasions of Cambodia
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504:, executed on 3 November 1860,
446:, executed on 13 January 1859,
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98:(Christians). In early 1857,
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244:Valentín de Berriochoa Vinh
225:under the hands of Tự Đức.
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999:French conquest of Vietnam
968:Cambodian rebellion (1840)
928:Cambodian rebellion (1820)
753:. P.J. Kennedy & Sons.
540:, executed on 1 May 1851,
368:, executed on 26 May 1861.
300:José María Díaz Sanjuro An
264:, executed on 1 May 1852,
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989:French incursion of 1847
963:Nông Văn Vân's Rebellion
938:Phan Bá Vành's Rebellion
740:Alzog, Johannes (1878).
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223:death by a thousand cuts
142:Lovers of the Holy Cross
864:Nhà Nguyễn thời độc lập
372:Melchor García Sampedro
329:Vinh Sơn Phạm Văn Dương
286:Etienne-Théodore Cuénot
794:Ramsay, Jacob (2004).
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943:Katip Sumat uprising
1192:Thien Tho Mausoleum
948:Ja Thak Wa uprising
703:, pp. 414–415.
616:, pp. 326–332.
534:Augustin Schoeffler
211:Diocese of Poitiers
104:Charles de Montigny
1218:Kingdom of Vietnam
1029:Battle of Thuận An
953:Lê Văn Khôi revolt
866:(1802–1884) topics
828:. Burns and Oates.
429:Michael Hồ Đình Hy
258:Jean-Louis Bonnard
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121:Hải Dương Province
109:Michael Hồ Đình Hy
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125:Melchior Sampedro
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1077:(1802–1820)
272:Đỗ Đình Cẩm
167:(heretics).
47:persecution
1212:Categories
734:References
626:Alzog 1878
466:Lê Văn Lộc
353:Pedro Đa,
1111:Kiến Phúc
1087:Thiệu Trị
1081:Minh Mạng
915:Thiệu Trị
911:Minh Mạng
725:Phan 2008
677:Phan 2008
638:Phan 2008
590:Phan 2008
511:Lawrence
492:Vĩnh Long
481:Vĩnh Long
459:Hải Dương
423:Ninh Bình
417:Lawrence
405:Hải Dương
294:Bình Định
252:Hải Dương
238:Hải Dương
1154:Viceroys
1117:Hàm Nghi
1105:Hiệp Hòa
1075:Gia Long
689:SPF 1862
556:Cầu Giấy
528:Châu Đốc
517:Nam Định
448:Nam Định
438:Dominic
380:Nam Định
364:Matthew
359:Nam Định
348:Nam Định
337:Nam Định
323:Nam Định
308:Nam Định
280:Hưng Yên
266:Nam Định
23:Emperor
1139:Nội các
1099:Dục Đức
872:History
542:Sơn Tây
506:Sơn Tây
486:Philip
475:Joseph
453:Joseph
205:Bishop
189:Martyrs
40:Vietnam
29:Vietnam
1107:(1883)
1101:(1883)
1093:Tự Đức
913:&
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522:Pedro
470:Saigon
391:Saigon
313:Pedro
165:tả đạo
138:tả đạo
96:tả đạo
81:Danang
77:tả đạo
73:tả đạo
36:Tự Đức
25:Tự Đức
879:Early
808:JSTOR
563:Notes
464:Paul
410:John
385:Paul
342:Paul
209:from
102:sent
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