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Paul Thoj Xyooj
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Feast: 25 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1941
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Died
1960
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Beatified
11 December 2016
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Canonised
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Who they were
Paul Thoj Xyooj (1941-1960) was a lay catechist in Laos.
He was killed in hatred of the faith with the Oblate missionary Mario Borzaga by guerrillas opposed to the spread of the Gospel in the country.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A teenage catechist killed with his missionary priest in Laos.
Connected on this site
- Mario Borzaga Blessed“He was killed in hatred of the faith with the Oblate missionary Mario Borzaga by guerrillas opposed to the spread of the Gospel in the country.” — this site's research
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Paul Thoj Xyooj
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 11 December 2016
- Wikidata Q64576492 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.