Saint Francis Xavier Can Nguyen
- Memorial
- 24 November
- Profile
- Layman.
Catechist.
Worked to help the Paris Foreign Mission Society.
Arrested for his faith, he was offered the chance for freedom if he would renounce his faith; he declined.
One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.
- Born
- 1803 in Sou Mieng, Vietnam
- Died
- strangled to death in prison in Vietnam
- Canonized
- 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
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