Saint Phanxicô Đỗ Văn Chiểu

Saint Francis Đỗ Văn Chiểu (born c. 1797 in Trung Lễ, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 25, 1838, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a catechist, a Dominican tertiary, a martyr, and a saint of the Catholic Church. Francis Đỗ Văn Chiểu came from Trung Lễ, Nam Định Province. As a young boy, he began serving Father Hernares and became his trusted assistant. They were arrested together and taken to Nam Định, where he was subjected to repeated torture. Despite this, Francis Đỗ Văn Chiểu refused to trample on the cross. He was beheaded in the presence of Father Hernares on June 25, 1838. His feast day is November 24, as part of the group of the 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.