Andrew Dũng-Lạc | |
Birth Date: | 1795 |
Birth Place: | Bac Ninh city, Bac Ninh, Vietnam |
Death Date: | 21 December 1839 |
Death Place: | Hanoi, Vietnam |
Feast Day: | 24 November (General Roman Calendar) 21 December (Roman Martyrology) 10 December (Hanoi)[1] |
Beatified Date: | 21 November 1900 |
Beatified Place: | Vatican City |
Beatified By: | Pope Leo XIII |
Canonized Date: | 19 June 1988 |
Canonized By: | Pope John Paul II |
Patronage: | Diocese of Orange |
Venerated In: | Catholic Church |
Andrew Trần Dũng-Lạc (Vietnamese: Anrê Trần An Dũng Lạc , pronounced as /vi/), French: André Dũng-Lạc; 1795 – 21 December 1839) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by beheading during the reign of Minh Mạng. He is a saint and martyr of the Catholic Church.
He was born Trần An Dũng in Vietnam in 1795. He took the name Andrew at his baptism (Anrê Dũng) and was ordained a priest on 15 March 1823.[2] During persecution, Andrew Dũng changed his name to Lạc to avoid capture, and thus he is memorialised as Andrew Dũng-Lạc (Anrê Dũng Lạc).[3] His memorial is 24 November; this memorial celebrates all of the Vietnamese Martyrs of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries (1625–1886).