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Nicholas Bui Viet The
martyr
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 13 June (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
Near Hue in Annam, now Vietnam, Saints Augustine Phan Viet Huy and Nicholas Bui Viet The, martyrs, who, having out of fear insulted the cross, and wishing to make amends for their fault, at once asked the emperor Minh Mang to be tried again as Christians, and for this were torn apart alive on a ship and came to the joys of heaven.
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 13 June as a martyr near Hue who asked to be tried again as a Christian and was torn apart alive on a ship.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R5b0172ce — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.