Bernard Vũ Văn Duệ Explained

Honorific Prefix:Saint
Bernard Vu Van Due
Birth Date:1755
Feast Day:1 August
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church
Birth Place:Vietnam
Death Place:Vietnam
Titles:Martyr
Canonized Date:19 June 1988
Canonized Place:Vatican City
Canonized By:Pope John Paul II

Bernard Due Van Vu, (Vietnamese: Thánh Bênađô Vũ Văn Duệ) (1755  - 1 August 1838) was a Vietnamese convert to Catholicism. He became a priest and worked as a missionary in the country for several decades. He was arrested and beheaded in 1838 for being a Roman Catholic priest in Tonkin. He was later canonised as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patron Saints Index: Saint Bernard Due van Vo . 2008-10-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080526033533/http://saints.sqpn.com/saintb93.htm . 2008-05-26 .