Saint Luke Loan

Also known as

• Luca Vu Bá Loan

Memorial

• 5 June

Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of West Tonkin (modern Vietnam). Arrested and martyred in one of the waves of anti-Christianity.

Born

• c.1756 at Phú Ða, Vietnam

Died

• beheaded on 5 June 1840 in Hanoi, Vietnam

Beatified

• 5 June 1986 by Pope John Paul II (decree de signis)

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 Luke Loan”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 June 2010. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-luke-loan/>