Saint Paulo Khoan Khan Pham

Paul Phạm Khắc Khoan (born c. 1771 in Vietnam – died April 28, 1840, in Ninh Bình, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. After his ordination, Paul Phạm Khắc Khoan worked in Kẻ Vĩnh and Phúc Nhạc. He also visited communities in Đông Biên and Tôn Đạo every month, accompanied by catechists who assisted him in his pastoral work. In 1837, while returning from one of these visits, he and the catechists Peter Nguyễn Văn Hiếu and John Baptist Đinh Văn Thanh were arrested. During their imprisonment, they were subjected to torture, but their persecutors failed to force them to renounce their faith. They were beheaded on April 28, 1840. His feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on the anniversary of his death, and he is also commemorated on 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.