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Visenti Nguyen The Diem
SaintResearchedDocumented cause
Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1761
Died
1838
Beatified
27 May 1900
unverified
Canonised
19 June 1988
unverified
Who they were
In the city of Dong Hoi in Vietnam, Saints martyrs Pierre Dumoulin-Borie, bishop of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, Peter Vo Dang Khoa and Visenti Nguyen The Diem, priests, of whom the first was beheaded and the others strangled, by order of 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 24 November as a priest strangled at Dong Hoi by order of Emperor Minh Mang.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
- Pierre Dumoulin-Borie Saint“In the city of Dong Hoi in Vietnam, Saints martyrs Pierre Dumoulin-Borie, bishop of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, Peter Vo Dang Khoa and Visenti Nguyen The Diem, priests, of whom the first was beheaded and the others strangled, by order of the Emperor Minh Mang.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9375075 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.