Saint John Baptist Con

Also known as

• Gioan Baotixta Còn

Memorial

• 8 November
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Married layman. Martyr.

Born

• c.1805 in Ke Báng, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

• tortured and beheaded on 8 November 1840 Bay Mau, Hanoi, Vietnam

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint John Baptist Con”. Saints.SQPN.com. X November 2009. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-john-baptist-con/>