Saint José Fernández de Ventosa

Also known as

• Joseph Fernandez

Memorial

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

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Dominican priest. Missionary to Vietnam in 1805. Provincial vicar at Tonkin. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• 3 September 1775 at Ventosa de la Cueva, Ávila, Spain

Died

• beheaded on 24 July 1838 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