Biography
Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Tự) (born c. 1796 in Ninh Cường, Vietnam – died September 5, 1838, in Bắc Ninh, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Peter Nguyễn Văn Tự was born in the village of Ninh Cường in Nam Định Province. He was ordained a priest in 1826 and shortly thereafter became a Dominican. He served in many parishes. During a period of persecution, he was betrayed and arrested in June 1838. He spent three months in prison and was executed on September 5, 1838, alongside Joseph Hoàng Lương Cảnh. His feast day is November 24, as part of the group of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. He was beatified on May 27, 1900, by Leo XIII and canonized by John Paul II on June 19, 1988, as one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
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