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Andrea Nguyen Kim Thong
SaintResearchedPost-1588
Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1790
Died
15 July 1855
verified
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
19 June 1988
verified
Who they were
Andrew Nguyen Kim Thong (Nam Thuong) was a catechist, one of the 117 martyrs of Vietnam who died between 1745 and 1862.
The Dicastery's list gives his death as 15 July 1855.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A catechist who died for the faith in Vietnam.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Andrew Nguyen Kim Thong
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - canonisation of 19 June 1988
- Wikidata Q9153027 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.