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| French Pierre Marie Alphonse Favier
(1873-1905) was bishop of Beijing's Pehtang Cathedral. In 1899,
he was appointed chief bishop of French Catholicism in Beijing.
The Qing Government granted him the official uniform of the
second rank as an indication of courteous reception. On May
18, 1900, being informed of the sanguinary conflict between
the Boxers and the church in Baoding Prefecture, about 100 kilometers
from Beijing, he requested the French Government send troops
for protection. The French envoy discussed this with the envoys
of Britain, the United States, Russia, Germany, Japan, Italy,
Austria, Spain, Portugal and Belgium in Beijing, and decided
to move troops from Tianjin to Beijing to organize legation
guards. After the signing of the Protocol of 1901, the
Roman Catholic Church conferred the title "Religious Guard
" to Favier, while the French Government granted him a
medal. |
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