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By Joseph Masilamany
As you enter through the gates of College General and turn left in a semi-circle towards the college building, you will not miss the monument erected to these five saints standing on your left. The tortures these individuals underwent are considered by the Vatican to be among the worst in the history of Christian martyrdom.
Another companion, Peter Nguyen recited the rosary defiantly and his “Hail Marys” got obstinately louder and louder till the sword fell him in one savage blow. The Penang Catholic Diocese specially honoured the two French martyrs by dedicating a church in their name at Prai’s Chai Leng Park. The church named “Church of Sts Chastan and Imbert” established in 1995 was the initiative of Kuala Lumpur Archbishop Emeritus Murphy Pakiam.Through the blood spilled by these heroic students and professors, College General which was first established in 1664 in Ayuthia came to be known as the “College of Martyrs”.
Speaking to The Vibes, Rt Rev Datuk Seri Sebastian Francis, the Titular Roman Catholic Bishop of Penang said: “My direct connection with College General spans over many years. First as a seminarian from 1971 to 1976, then again from 1980 to 1997 as a formator and lecturer at the college, and continuing from 2012 to present, as Bishop of Penang and president of College General.
Sebastian pointed out that among one of his contemporaries in the 70s was a seminarian from Cambodia known as Marcel Truang. The latter after completing his studies in College General was given the option to go to France as the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot had already begun.
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