Saint Antôn Nguyen Ðích

Also known as

  • Anthony Dich Nguyen

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Married layman in the apostolic vicariate of West Tonkin. A wealthy farmer, solid citizen, and patron of his church. He worked to help the missionaries of the Paris Foreign Mission Society, supporting them financially, and hiding priests from government oppression. Arrested and tortured for his faith, his association with foreigners, and for sheltering priests, especially Saint James Nam, who was arrested on Anton’s property. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

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Category: Beatified by Pope Leo XIII, Born in 1769, Canonized by Pope John Paul II, Canonized in 1988, Died in 1838, Martyrs of Vietnam, Related to Vietnam, Saints Beati and Venerables, Saints who were Farmers, Saints who were Lifelong Lay People, Saints who were Married, Saints who were Martyrs, Venerated in 1899  |  Trackback