Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier [SEP] position held
titular bishop of Pentacomia from 13 April 1899 until his death in 1905. During the Boxer Uprising of 1900, Favier was responsible for the defence and preservation of the Xishiku Cathedral (西什库天主堂), commonly referred to as the Beitang (北堂, the North Cathedral) in Beijing, and the protection of thousands of Chinese Roman Catholic Christians. In the aftermath of the Boxer Uprising, Favier was accused of looting.
Biographical details.
Pierre-Marie Alphonse Favier-Duperron () was born on 22 September 1837 at Marsannay
Favier
Favier may refer to:
- Jean-Louis Favier (1711–1784)
- Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier (1837–1905), French missionary to China
- Jean-Jacques Favier (born 1949), French engineer and astronaut
- Amanda Favier (born 1979)
- Denis Favier (born 1959)
- Efigenio Favier (born 1959)
- Jean Favier (1932–2014)
- John Favier (born 1960)
- Julien Favier (born 1980)
- Lucie Favier (1932–2003