Saint Antôn Nguyen Huu Quynh
- 10 July
- 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
Profile
Layman. Physician. Catechist. Worked to help the missionaries of the Paris Foreign Mission Society. Arrested in 1838 he spent two years in prison for associating with foreign missionaries. There, between bouts of torture and abuse, he used his medical skills to help fellow prisoners. Martyred in the persecutions of emperor Minh Mang.
Born
- strangled to death on 10 July 1840 at Ðong Hoi, Quang Bình, Vietnam
MLA Citation
- “Saint Antôn Nguyen Huu Quynh“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 July 2017. Web. 23 January 2021. <>