Vietnam veterans
Andrew Dung Lac An Tran, 54, priest
beheaded
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 memorialized on this day.
(adapted from an earlier post)
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