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Peter Vũ Văn Truật
SaintResearchedDocumented cause
Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1816
Died
1838
Beatified
27 May 1900
unverified
Canonised
19 June 1988
unverified
Who they were
On the hill of Gò-Voi in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, Saints Paulo Nguyen Van My, Peter Trương Văn Đường and Peter Vũ Văn Truật, martyrs, who, catechists firm in the faith, died by strangling 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 18 December as a catechist strangled for the faith under the emperor Minh Mang.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
- Paulo Nguyen Van My Saint“On the hill of Gò-Voi in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, Saints Paulo Nguyen Van My, Peter Trương Văn Đường and Peter Vũ Văn Truật, martyrs, who, catechists firm in the faith, died by strangling under the emperor Minh Mang.” — this site's research
- Peter Trương Văn Đường Saint“On the hill of Gò-Voi in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, Saints Paulo Nguyen Van My, Peter Trương Văn Đường and Peter Vũ Văn Truật, martyrs, who, catechists firm in the faith, died by strangling under the emperor Minh Mang.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11818202 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.