Saint Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ

Saint Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ (born c. 1811 in Bồ Trang, Thái Bình province, Vietnam; died December 19, 1839, in Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam) was a Dominican tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Thomas Nguyễn Văn Đệ was born in the small village of Bồ Trang, Thái Bình province. He was a tailor and had three children. During the persecution of Christians in Vietnam, he was imprisoned at the age of approximately 27 or 28. He was executed by strangulation on December 19, 1839. His feast day is 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.