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Also known as

• Luca (Cai) Thin

Memorial

• 13 January
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Married lay Dominicans in the apostolic vicariate of Central Tonkin (modern Vietnam). Tortured and executed in the persecutions of emperor Tu-Duc rather than stomp on a cross as ordered. Martyr.

Born

• c.1819 in Quan Cong, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

• 13 January 1859 in Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Venerated

• 11 February 1951 by Pope Pius XII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 29 April 1951 by Pope Pius XII

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint Luca Pham Trong Thìn“. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 January 2017. Web. 29 April 2024. <>