Saint Bernard Due Van Vo | |
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Martyr | |
Born | 1755 Vietnam |
Died | August 1, 1838 Vietnam |
Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
Canonized | 19 June 1988, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | November 24 |
Saint Bernard Due Van Vo, (Vietnamese: Thánh Bênađô Võ Văn Duệ) (1755 - August 1, 1838) was a Vietnamese convert to Catholicism. He became a priest and worked as a missionary in the country for several decades. He was arrested and beheaded in 1838 for the crime of priesthood. He was later canonised as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam.[1]