Saint Joseph Phạm Trọng Tả

Saint Joseph Phạm Trọng Tả (Vietnamese: Giuse Phạm Trọng Tả) (born c. 1800 in Quần Cống, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died March 11, 1859, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Dominican tertiary, a saint of the Catholic Church, and a martyr. His father was Dominic Phạm Tang, and his cousin was Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm. Joseph Phạm Trọng Tả was a soldier, a family man, and held a significant position as a sub-prefect of the district. Furthermore, he was a member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. He was accused of sheltering European missionaries. He was arrested and transported to a prison in Nam Định. Because he refused to trample on the cross, he was sentenced to death on January 13, 1859. He was executed by strangulation on March 11, 1859. His feast day is November 24, as part of the group of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. He was beatified on April 29, 1951, by Pius XII and canonized by John Paul II on June 19, 1988, as one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.