Cassian BRIGANT (aka Brother Cassian) [1889-1957]

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 12/31/2024 - 08:32
Names
Title
Brother
Given
Cassian
Family
Brigant
Alias / nickname
Brother Cassian
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Brittany
Birthplace (country)
France
Died
Date
Died in (town, state)
Hong Kong
Died in (country)
China

Brother Cassian served the Brothers of the Christian Schools - La Salle (De La Salle Brothers). He taught at St. Joseph's College from 1921 before being transferred to the newly opened La Salle College in 1932 as second Principal. 

I think his name/signature appears  under "La Salle College" (La Salle Relief Hospital) on the left on the "Day Joyce Sheet" held by the Imperial War Museum. 

See: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30083388. An explanation of the "Day Joyce Sheet" is given at: https://gwulo.com/media/46458

After the fall of Hong Kong, Brother Cassian made his way to French Indo-China and reunited with other ex-Hong Kong De La Salle Brothers.

Source

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigant_Cassian

2. The Hong Kong Lasallian Story: https://mission.catholic.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/The-Hong-Kong-Lasallian-Story.pdf

 

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