Feb 072009
Also known as
- Alfonso Leciniana
- Alonso Leciniana
- Mateo Alonso de Leciñana y Alonso
- Matthew Alonso Leziniana
- 22 January
- 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
Profile
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
- beheaded on 22 January 1745 in Thang Long, Hanoi, Vietnam
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