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Friday, May 30, 2014
A Vietnamese Martyr canonized by Saint John Paul II
St. Thomas Du
Facts
Feastday: May 31
Death: 1839
Canonized By: Pope John Paul II
Vietnamese martyr. A native of Vietnam, he entered the Dominicans as a tertiary and aided the Catholiccause in Vietnam until his arrest by authorities. He was tortured and finally beheaded. Pope JohnPaul II canonized him in 1988.
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