Saint Anrê Nguyen Kim Thông

Memorial

• 15 July
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Layman and solid citizen in his small town. Village mayor. Catechist. When the government persecutions of Catholics began, Andrew was exiled from his village for his faith, and died on the forced march to a relocation camp in Mi-Tho. Martyr.

Born

• c.1790 in Go Thi, Bình Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

• 15 July 1855 of dehydration, exposure and exhaustion on the road near My Tho, Tien Giang, Vietnam

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Anrê Nguyen Kim Thông”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 August 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-anre-nguyen-kim-thong/>