Saint Giacôbê Ðo Mai Nam

Also known as

• James Nam

Memorial

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

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Priest in the apostolic vicariate of West Tonkin. Worked with the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• c.1781 in Ðông Biên, Thanh Hóa, Vietnam

Died

• beheaded on 12 August 1838 in Bay Mau, 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