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Jacinto Castañeda
SaintFull write-upSpainDominican OrderDocumented cause
Feast: 7 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1743
Died
1773
Beatified
20 May 1906
unverified
Canonised
19 June 1988
unverified
Who they were
In the town of Ket Cho in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, Saints Jacinto Castañeda and Vincent Lê Quang Liêm, priests of the Order of Preachers and martyrs, who crowned their labours for the Gospel with the shedding of their blood under the regime of Trinh Sâm.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 7 November as a Dominican priest martyred in Tonkin under the regime of Trinh Sâm.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q5438634 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.