Saint Lucas Phạm Trọng Thìn

Saint Luke Phạm Trọng Thìn (born c. 1819 in Quần Cống, Nam Định Province, Vietnam; died January 13, 1859, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church. Luke Phạm Trọng Thìn was the son of Dominic Phạm Trọng Khảm and, like his father, was a wealthy man. He served as a judge for three years. He was arrested during the persecution of Christians in 1858, along with his father and family. Torture did not force him to trample on the cross. He was executed on January 13, 1859, the same day as his father. His feast day is November 24, as part of the group of 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. He was beatified by Pope Pius XII on April 29, 1951, and canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 19, 1988, among the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.