Saint Anrê Tran Van Trông
Also known as
- Andrew Trong Van Tram
- 28 November
- 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
Profile
Raised Catholic, but he kept quiet about it in public. Lifelong layman. Career soldier and officer. Worked to help the missionaries of the Paris Foreign Mission Society. In 1834 authorities discovered Andrew’s Catholicism; he was stripped of rank and imprisoned for the faith. He was given the opportunity to gain his freedom by renouncing Christianity; he declined. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.
Born
- beheaded on 28 November 1835 in An Hòa, Quang Nam, Vietnam
- his mother knelt beside the executioner’s block to catch his severed head as it fell
MLA Citation
- “Saint Anrê Tran Van Trông“. CatholicSaints.Info. 2 May 2022. Web. 17 May 2024. <>