Artus de Lionne

Artus de Lionne (1655–1713), abbé and Bishop of Rosalie in partibus infidelium, in Turkey, was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.

Artus de Lionne left Siam with General Desfarges following the French defeat in the Siege of Bangkok,[6] leaving Mgr Louis Laneau a prisoner of the Siamese for several years.

[9] Artus de Lionne returned to Europe on 17 February 1702, accompanying the Chinese Christian Arcadio Huang.

[10][11] Artus de Lionne and Arcadio Huang embarked on a ship of the English East India Company in order to reach London.

On the verge of being ordained a priest in Rome and being presented to the pope to demonstrate the reality of Chinese Christianity, Arcadio Huang apparently renounced and declined ordination.

Artus de Lionne (1655–1713) in 1686 (detail).
The 1686 Siamese embassy of Kosa Pan , accompanied by their translator, Artus de Lionne (right). Painted by Jacques Vigouroux Duplessis (c.1680–1732). [ 1 ]
Artus de Lionne, as Bishop of Rosalie.