Saint Augustine Phan Viết Huy

Saint Augustine Phan Viết Huy (Vietnamese: Augustinô Phan Viết Huy) (born c. 1795 in Hạ Linh, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 13, 1839, in Thừa Thiên, Vietnam) was a Catholic saint and martyr. Augustine Phan Viết Huy was born in Hạ Linh, Nam Định Province, to Christian parents. He served as a soldier for approximately ten years. By order of the Vietnamese Emperor Minh Mạng, Christian soldiers were identified and subjected to torture to force them to renounce their faith. While some complied and others managed to escape, Augustine Phan Viết Huy refused to apostatize, as did Nicholas Bùi Đức Thể and Dominic Đinh Đạt. Appearing before the court, Augustine Phan Viết Huy spoke on behalf of all three. He was executed on June 13, 1839. His feast day is November 24, as part of the group of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII on May 27, 1900, and canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 19, 1988, among the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.