Saint Mateo Alonso de Leciñana

Also known as

• Alfonso Leciniana
• Alonso Leciniana
• Mateo Alonso de Leciñana y Alonso
• Matthew Alonso Leziniana

Memorial

• 22 January
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Dominican priest. Missionary to the Philippines, and then to Vietnam. Martyr. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• 26 November 1702 in Nava del Rey, Valladolid, Spain

Died

• beheaded on 22 January 1745 in Thang Long, Hanoi, Vietnam

Venerated

• 27 April 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X (decree on martyrdom)

Beatified

• 20 May 1906 by Pope Saint Pius X

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Katolsk i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints