Saint Francis Trung Von Tran

Oct 052008

[Martyrs of Vietnam] Also known as

Francis Trung
Phanxicô Tran Van Trung

6 October
24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Convert. Layman. Soldier in the Vietnamese army, holding the rank of corporal. Arrested for his faith and ordered to renounce Christianity; he refused. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

c.1825 at Phan-xa, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 6 October 1858 at An-hoa, Vietnam

Beatified

2 May 1909 by Pope Saint Pius X

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II