Saint Joseph Khang
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- Also known as
- Joseph Kang
- Memorial
- 6 November
- Profile
- Dominican tertiary.
Catechist.
Servant to Saint Jerome Hermosilla.
Tried to help Saint Jerome escape from prison.
Captured, he was lashed, tortured, and martyred.
- Born
- 1832 at Tra-vi, Nam-Dinh province, Vietnam
- Died
- beheaded in 1861
- Name Meaning
- whom the Lord adds (Joseph)
- Canonized
- 1988 by Pope John Paul II
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