Fransisko Ha Thong Mau
Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Bac-Ninh in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, the holy martyrs Fransisko Ha Thong Mau and Dominic Bùi Văn Úy, catechists, Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ, a tailor, and Augustin Nguyễn Văn Mới and Stephen Nguyễn Văn Vinh, farmers, one of them a new convert and the other still a catechumen: for refusing to desecrate the cross, they all suffered prison and torture and were finally strangled by order of 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 19 December as a catechist martyred at Bac-Ninh for refusing to desecrate the cross.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
- Augustin Nguyễn Văn Mới Saint“At Bac-Ninh in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, the holy martyrs Fransisko Ha Thong Mau and Dominic Bùi Văn Úy, catechists, Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ, a tailor, and Augustin Nguyễn Văn Mới and Stephen Nguyễn Văn Vinh, farmers, one of them a new convert and the other still a catechumen: for refusing to desecrate the cross, they all…” — this site's research
- Dominic Bùi Văn Úy Saint“At Bac-Ninh in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, the holy martyrs Fransisko Ha Thong Mau and Dominic Bùi Văn Úy, catechists, Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ, a tailor, and Augustin Nguyễn Văn Mới and Stephen Nguyễn Văn Vinh, farmers, one of them a new convert and the other still a catechumen: for refusing to desecrate the cross, they all…” — this site's research
- Stephen Nguyễn Văn Vinh Saint“At Bac-Ninh in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, the holy martyrs Fransisko Ha Thong Mau and Dominic Bùi Văn Úy, catechists, Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ, a tailor, and Augustin Nguyễn Văn Mới and Stephen Nguyễn Văn Vinh, farmers, one of them a new convert and the other still a catechumen: for refusing to desecrate the cross, they all…” — this site's research
- Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ Saint“At Bac-Ninh in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, the holy martyrs Fransisko Ha Thong Mau and Dominic Bùi Văn Úy, catechists, Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ, a tailor, and Augustin Nguyễn Văn Mới and Stephen Nguyễn Văn Vinh, farmers, one of them a new convert and the other still a catechumen: for refusing to desecrate the cross, they all…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 19 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11698657 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.