John Coleridge Patteson
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|name= John Coleridge Patteson
| birth_date = [[1 April]] [[1827]]
| death_date = [[20 September]] [[1871]]
|feast_day= 20 September
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|birth_place= [[England]]
|death_place = [[Nukapu]], [[Solomon Islands]]
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'''John Coleridge Patteson''' ([[April 1]], [[1827]] - [[September 20]], [[1871]]) was an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[bishop]] and [[martyr]].
Patteson was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and then [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[Oxford]]. He was ordained in 1853 in the [[Church of England]]. His old tutor at Eton, [[George Augustus Selwyn]], was the first [[Bishop of New Zealand]], and he persuaded Patteson to become a [[missionary]] to the [[South Seas]]. In 1855 Patteson set out to found the Melanesian Mission. He founded a college on [[Norfolk Island]] for native boys, toured the islands on the ship ''[[Southern Cross (ship)|Southern Cross]]'', and learned many of the local languages. In 1861 he was made [[Bishop of Melanesia]].
On [[20 September]] [[1871]] he was murdered on the island of Nukapu in the [[Solomon Islands]], where he had landed alone. Natives killed him as revenge against the abduction of some natives by white men months earlier. His death became a ''cause celebre'' in [[England]] and increased interest both in missionary work and in improvement of the working conditions in [[Melanesia]].
His life is celebrated in the [[Church of England]] as a saintly one, and he is commemorated with a [[Lesser Festival]] on 20 September.
== Biographies ==
*[http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1P10 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography]
* ''Life of John Coleridge Patteson'' by [[Charlotte Mary Yonge]]
*[http://www.janeresture.com/patteson/index.htm Bishop Patteson the first bishop of Melanesia]
== References ==
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/cmyonge/patteson.html Life by Charlotte Yonge]
*[http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/PAS_PER/PATTESON.html Biographical entry from Volume V20, Page 937 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica]
*[http://world-history-blog.blogspot.com/2007/01/death-of-bishop-patteson.html The Death of Bishop Patteson]
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