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Dominic Ngôn
farmer and martyr at An Xá
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Feast: 22 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In the town of An Xá in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, Saint Dominic Ngôn, martyr, who, a father of a family and a farmer, knelt down and adored the cross that the soldiers had ordered him to trample on and, having professed his Christian faith without fear before the judge, was immediately beheaded.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 22 May as a farmer and father of a family at An Xá in Tonkin who adored the cross he was ordered to trample on and was beheaded.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 22 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R83460907 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.