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Fransisko Nguyen
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Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1803
Died
1837
Beatified
27 May 1900
unverified
Canonised
19 June 1988
unverified
Who they were
At Hanoi in Tonkin, now Vietnam, Saint Francis Xavier Can, martyr, who, a catechist, was strangled and beheaded for his faith 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 20 November as a catechist strangled and beheaded at Hanoi under Minh Mang.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
- Francis Xavier Saint“At Hanoi in Tonkin, now Vietnam, Saint Francis Xavier Can, martyr, who, a catechist, was strangled and beheaded for his faith under the Emperor Minh Mang.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 20 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11698659 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.