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Also known as

• Gioan Baotixta Còn
• Giovanni Battista Con

Memorial

• 8 November
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Married layman. Martyr.

Born

• c.1805 in Ke Báng, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

• tortured and beheaded on 8 November 1840 Bay Mau, Hanoi, Vietnam

Venerated

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

Beatified

• 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint John Baptist Con“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 April 2022. Web. 25 April 2024. <>