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Dominik Cẩm
SaintResearchedPost-1588
Feast: 11 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
11 March 1859
verified
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
19 June 1988
verified
Who they were
Dominic Cẩm was a Vietnamese priest and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Unwilling to turn away from Christ his master, he shed his blood for the faith on 11 March 1859.
Pius XII declared him Blessed on 29 April 1951 among the martyrs of Tonkin, and he was canonised with the martyrs of Vietnam in 1988.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Vietnamese Dominican tertiary priest who died rather than deny Christ; one of the martyrs of Vietnam.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Dominic Cẩm
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - canonisation of 19 June 1988
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 43 (1951), p. 309 - Apostolic letter of Pius XII declaring José María Díaz Sanjurjo, Melchor García Sampedro and 23 companions, martyrs of Tonkin, Blessed, 29 April 1951
- Wikidata Q9209752 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.