Saint Phêrô Truong Van Thi

Also known as

• Peter Thi
• Peter Thi Van Truong Pham

Memorial

• 21 December
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of West Tonkin. He worked in the missions with the priests of the Foreign Mission Society of Paris. Imprisoned and repeatedly tortured in the persecutions of Minh-Meng. Died with Saint Andrew Dung Lac. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• c.1763 in Ke So, Hanoi, Vietnam

Died

• beheaded on 21 December 1839 in Ô Cau Giay, Hanoi, 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