Saint Wincenty Đỗ Yến

Saint Vincent Đỗ Yến (Vietnamese: Vinh-Sơn Đỗ Yến) (born c. 1764 in Trà Lũ, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died June 30, 1838, in Hải Dương, Vietnam) was a Dominican friar, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. Vincent Đỗ Yến was born in Trà Lũ, Nam Định Province, in 1764. He was ordained a priest in 1798 by Bishop Delgado. He received the Dominican habit on July 22, 1807. He was imprisoned on June 8, 1838. The mandarin presiding over the court wished to save him and suggested that Vincent Đỗ Yến claim to be a doctor rather than a priest. Vincent Đỗ Yến refused. He was beheaded on June 30, 1838. 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.