Saint Dominic Bùi Văn Úy

Saint Dominic Bùi Văn Úy (born 1801 or 1812 in Tiên Môn, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died December 19, 1839, in Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church. Dominic Bùi Văn Úy was born in Tiên Môn, Thái Bình province; his exact birth date is unknown. During the persecutions, he was arrested on June 29, 1838, along with the Dominican priest Father Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự. He was tortured, and because he refused to trample on the cross, he was sentenced to death and executed by strangulation on December 19, 1839. His feast day is November 24, as part of the group of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. He was beatified on May 27, 1900, by Leo XIII and canonized by John Paul II on June 19, 1988, as one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.