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• 12 December

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Married, father, family man, physician and mayor who worked with local charities and the missionaries working in the apostolic vicariate of Cochinchina (modern Vietnam). Imprisoned, flogged and executed for his faith in the persecutions of Minh Mang.

Born

• c.1787 in Mai Vinh, Thua Thiên, Vietnam

Died

• beheaded on 12 December 1840 in An Hòa, Quang Nam, Vietnam

Venerated

• 2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint Simon Phan Ðac Hòa“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 December 2015. Web. 18 October 2017. <>