Saint Visenti Nguyen The Diem

Saint Vincent Nguyễn Thế Điểm (born c. 1761 in Ân Đô, Quảng Trị province, Vietnam; died November 24, 1838, in Đồng Hới, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Vincent Nguyễn Thế Điểm studied at the seminary in Kẻ Vĩnh. He was arrested during the persecutions of 1838 and imprisoned in Đồng Hới. In prison, he met Peter Vũ Đăng Khoa; after several weeks, they were joined by the missionary Peter Borie, the catechist Peter Nguyễn Khắc Tự, and Anthony Nguyễn Hữu Quỳnh. Due to his advanced age, he was not tortured, as the law forbade it. He was executed by strangulation. Peter Borie and Peter Vũ Đăng Khoa were executed alongside him. His feast day is November 24, as part of the group of 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.