Friday, December 19, 2014

Vietnamese martyrs canonized by St. PJPII

St. Thomas De & Companions

Image of St. Thomas De & Companions

Facts

Feastday: December 19
Death: 1839
Canonized By: Pope John Paul II

Vietnamese martyrs. Thomas was a Vietnamese tailor who entered the Dominicans as a tertiary. Arrested on the charge of giving aid and shelter to foreign missionaries, he was strangled. Four other Catholic Vietnamese died with Thomas. They were canonized in 1988.

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