SAINT
saint-bernard-due-van-vo
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Bernard Vu Van Due, was a Vietnamese convert to Catholicism. He became a priest and worked as a missionary in the country for several decades. He was arrested and beheaded in 1838, at the age of 82 or 83, for being a Roman Catholic priest in Tonkin. He was later canonised as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam.
feast Day
08-01
birth Date
1755
death Date
1838-08-01
canonization Status
beatified
canonization Date
19 June 1988
canonized By
Pope John Paul II
feast Month
8
feast Day Of Month
1
