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Vietnamese Martyrs

Vietnamese Martyrs or Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions, also known as the Martyrs of Annam, Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, Martyrs of Indochina, are saints on the General Roman Calendar who were canonized by Pope John Paul II. Wikipedia
Beatified: May 27, 1900, by Pope Leo XIII; May 20, 1906 & May 2, 1909, by Pope Pius X; April 29, 1951, by Pope Pius XII
Canonized: June 19, 1988, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II
Feast: November 24; 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Vietnam); First Sunday of September (General Roman Calendar of 1960)
Major shrine: Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Sở Kiện), Hà Nam, Vietnam
Martyred by: Vietnamese rulers (Revival Lê, Tây Sơn and Nguyễn dynasties)
Means of martyrdom: varies (from dying in prison to death by a thousand cuts)