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Memorial

• 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

• c.1768 in My Huong, Quang Bình, Vietnam

Died

• strangled to death on 10 July 1840 at Ðong Hoi, Quang Bình, 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 Antôn Nguyen Huu Quynh“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 July 2017. Web. 23 January 2021. <>