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Saint Simon Phan Ðac Hòa

12 December

Profile

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

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

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

27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Santos Martirologio

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Saint Simon Phan Ðac Hòa“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 December 2015. Web. 18 June 2018. <>