Saint Clemente Ignacio Delgado Cebrián

Also known as

• Ignacio Clemente Delgado Cebrián
• Ignacio Delgado y Cebrián
• Ignatius Delgado y Cebrian
• Ignatius Delgado y Cebrián
• Klemens Ignatius Delgado y Cebrián

Memorial

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

Profile

Raised in a pious family. Dominican priest. Missionary to Vietnam for nearly 50 years. Co-adjutor vicar-apostolic at East Tonkin, Vietnam and titular bishop of Metellopolis on 11 February 1794. During government oppression of Christianity, he was locked in a cage, put on public display for ridicule and abuse, and left to die. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• 23 November 1761 in Villafeliche, Zaragoza, Spain

Died

• 12 July 1838 of hunger and exposure in Nam Ðinh, 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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Clemente Ignacio Delgado Cebrián”. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 November 2012. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-clemente-ignacio-delgado-cebrian/>