Saint Phêrô Nguyen Bá Tuan

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

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Priest in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• 1766 in Ngoc Ðông, Hung Yên, Vietnam

Died

• martyred on 15 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