St. Vincent Yen

Vincent Yen
Feastday: June 30
Death: 1773
Canonized: Pope John Paul II

Dominican Vietnamese martyr. A native of Vietnam, he entered the Dominicans in 1808 and worked as a missionary in the country. Seized in the anti-Christian persecutions throughout Vietnam, he was beheaded after spending six years in hiding. Pope John Paul II canonized him in 1988.

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Vincent Yen Vincent Yen Death: 1773 Canonized: Pope John Paul II
Death: 1773 Canonized: Pope John Paul II