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Saint Francis Xavier Nguyễn Cần (also known as Nguyễn Tiến or Tiên Truật) (born c. 1803 in Sơn Miêng, Vietnam; died November 20, 1837, in Ô Cầu Giấy, Hanoi, Vietnam) was a catechist, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Francis Xavier Nguyễn Cần was born in Sơn Miêng. He decided to dedicate his life to God and was admitted to a seminary, where he was trained to work as a catechist. He was arrested during the persecutions of 1836. He spent eight months in prison in Thanh Oai and subsequently ten months in Hanoi. During this time, attempts were made through persuasion and torture to force him to renounce his faith. He was strangled in prison on November 20, 1837. His feast day is November 24, as part of the group of 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. He was beatified on May 27, 1900, by Pope Leo XIII and canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 19, 1988, as one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.