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Also known as

• Tommaso Toan
• Thomas Toan

Memorial

• 27 June

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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

Died

• starved to death on 27 June 1840 in prison in 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 Tôma Toán“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 June 2017. Web. 24 June 2021. <>