Saint Anrê Tran An Dung

Also known as

• Andrew Dung Lac
• Andrew Dung Lac An Tran
• Anreâ Duõng Laïc

Memorial

• 21 December
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of West Tonkin. Worked in the missions with the priests of the Foreign Mission Society of Paris. Imprisoned and repeatedly tortured in the persecutions of Minh-Meng. Died with Saint Peter Thi. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• c.1795 in Bac Ninh, Vietnam

Died

• beheaded on 21 December 1839 in Ô Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

Venerated

• 2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Anrê Tran An Dung”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 August 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-anre-tran-an-dung/>