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Dominik Nguyễn Văn Hạnh
SaintResearchedDominican OrderDocumented cause
Feast: 1 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1772
Died
1838
Beatified
27 May 1900
unverified
Canonised
19 June 1988
unverified
Who they were
In the city of Nam Dinh in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, Saints Dominik Nguyễn Văn Hạnh (Diêu), of the Order of Preachers, and Bernard Vũ Văn Duệ, priests and martyrs, beheaded for Christ under the emperor Minh Mang.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 1 August as one of two priest martyrs beheaded at Nam Dinh under the emperor Minh Mang.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9209799 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.