Saint Vincent Dương

Saint Vincent Dương (Vietnamese: Vinh-Sơn Dương) (born c. 1821 in Doãn Trung, Thái Bình province, Vietnam – died June 6, 1862, in Nam Định, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. The exact date of Vincent Dương's birth is unknown. He was married and had three children. Vincent Dương worked as a farmer and a tax collector. During the persecution of Christians in Vietnam, he was arrested in September 1861. Despite being tortured, he did not renounce his faith. He was executed on June 6, 1862. His feast day is November 24, as part of the group of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. He was beatified on April 29, 1951, by Pope Pius XII and canonized by Pope John Paul II on June 19, 1988, as one of the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.