Saint Giuse Nguyen Ðình Uyen

Also known as

• Joseph Nguyen Ðình Uyen

Memorial

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

Profile

Lifelong layman in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin. Lay Dominican. Catechist. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• c.1775 in Ninh Cuong, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

• 4 July 1838 in Hung Yên, 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 Giuse Nguyen Ðình Uyen“. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 May 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>