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Saint Giuse Túc

Also known as

Joseph Tuc

1 June
24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Christian peasant farmer in the apostolic vicariate of Central Tonkin (modern Vietnam). During the persecutions of emperor Tu-Duc, he was ordered to step on a crucifix to show his contempt for Christianity; he refused. Imprisoned, tortured and executed. Martyr.

Born

c.1843 in Hoàng Xá, Bac Ninh, Vietnam

beheaded on 1 June 1862 in Hoàng Xá, Bac Ninh, Vietnam

11 February 1951 by Pope Pius XII (decree of martyrdom)

29 April 1951 by Pope Pius XII

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

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

MLA Citation

“Saint Giuse Túc“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 June 2017. Web. 22 January 2021. <>