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Also known as

• Bernard Due Van Vo

Memorial

• 1 August
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Adult convert to Catholicism. Priest in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin. Worked for decades at various missions around the country. Arrested in 1838 for the crime of priesthood. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Born

• 1755 in Quan Anh, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

• beheaded on 1 August 1838 in Ba Tòa, Nam Ðinh, 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 Bênadô Võ Van Duê“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 February 2009. Web. 3 June 2020. <>