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Also known as

• Ignacio Clemente Delgado Cebrián
• Ignacio Delgado y Cebrián
• Ignatius Delgado y Cebrian
• Ignatius Delgado y Cebrián
• Klemens Ignatius Delgado y Cebrián

Memorial

• 12 July
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Raised in a pious family. Joined the Dominicans in 1780. Priest. Missionary to the Philippines, and then Vietnam where he worked for nearly 50 years. Apostolic vicar and of East Tonkin (in modern Vietnam) and titular bishop of Metellopolis on 11 February 1794. He and several of his Dominican brothers ttried to escape the persecution of Christians by living in a cave, but they were betrayed and arrested on 13 May 1838. He was locked in a cage, put on public display for ridicule and abuse, and left to die of hunger, thirst and exposure. Martyr.

Born

• 23 November 1761 in Villafeliche, Zaragoza, Spain

Died

• 12 July 1838 in Nam Ðinh, Vietnam of general abuse

Venerated

• 2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint Clemente Ignacio Delgado Cebrián“. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 January 2022. Web. 4 May 2024. <>