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Paul Tong Viet Buong
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Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1773
Died
1833
Beatified
27 May 1900
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Canonised
19 June 1988
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Who they were
Paul Tống Viết Bường (c. 1773 – 1833) was a martyr of Vietnam, beheaded on October 23, 1833. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1900. In 1988, he was canonized by Pope John Paul II.
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Sources
- Wikidata Q10805177 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Paul Tong Viet Buong (CC BY-SA)
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