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Vietnam / France: Pigneau de Béhaine (1741-1799), painted in Paris by Maupérin, 1787

Vietnam / France: Pigneau de Béhaine (1741-1799), painted in Paris by Maupérin, 1787

Pierre Joseph Georges Pigneau , commonly known as Pigneau de Béhaine, also Pierre Pigneaux and Bá Đa Lộc, was a French Catholic priest best known for his role in assisting Nguyễn Ánh (later Emperor Gia Long) to establish the Nguyễn Dynasty in Vietnam after the Tây Sơn rebellion.