Vietnam veterans

Andrew Dung Lac An Tran, 54, priest
beheaded

Anthony Quynh Nam, 72, doctor
strangled

Dominic Henares, 83, bishop
beheaded

Francis Trung Von Tran, 33, soldier
beheaded

John Charles Cornay, 26, priest

beheaded

Joseph Uen, 52, priest

strangled

Paul Le Bao Tinh, priest

martyred

Peter Thi Van Truong Pham, 76, priest

beheaded

There were many more: well over a hundred

- missionaries and natives,

priests, bishops, catechists,

farmers, doctors, soldiers,

husbands and fathers -

martyred for the Christian faith in Vietnam

in various ways and in various locations over the centuries,

canonized in 1988 as the Martyrs of Vietnam

and celebrated on this day.

(adapted from an earlier post)