Saint Augustine Moi Van Nguyen

Also known as

• Augustinô Nguyen Van Moi

Memorial

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

Profile

Poor day labourer. Lay Dominican tertiary in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin. Catechist. Ordered by government authorities to trample a cross to show his renunciation of the faith; he declined. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• c.1806 in Phú Trang, Nam Ðinh, Vietnamese

Died

• strangled in 1839

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
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Augustine Moi Van Nguyen”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 November 2012. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-augustine-moi-van-nguyen/>