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Also known as

• John Hoan

Memorial

• 26 May
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of North Cochinchina (in modern Vietnam) who worked to evanglize his countrymen. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Tu-Duc.

Born

• c.1798 at Kim-Long, Thùa Thiên, Vietnam

Died

• beheaded on 26 May 1861 near Ðong Hoi, Quang Bình, Vietnam

Venerated

• 2 August 1908 by Pope Pius X (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 2 May 1909 by Pope Pius X

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gioan Ðoàn Trinh Hoan“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 August 2023. Web. 24 April 2024. <>