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Saint Tôma Toán

Also known as

Tommaso Toan
Thomas Toan

27 June

Profile

Layman in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin, Vietnam. Member of the lay Dominicans. Catechist and head of Mission Linh Trung. Arrested, tortured and left to die of hunger and thirst in the persecutions of Emperor Minh Mang. Martyr.

Born

c.1764 in Can Phán, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

starved to death on 27 June 1840 in prison in Nam Ðinh, 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

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

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

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

MLA Citation

“Saint Tôma Toán“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 June 2017. Web. 23 April 2021. <>