Lucien Botovasoa was a Malagasy Catholic schoolteacher born in 1908 in Vohipeno. A member of the Secular Franciscan Order, he served as a treasurer for the Crusaders of the Heart of Jesus. He was married to Suzanna Soazana from 1930 until his death. During a period of political instability in Madagascar, he was killed in 1947 near the Matitanana river. Because he was executed due to his religious convictions, he is recognized as a martyr in the Catholic tradition.