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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