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Peter Nguyễn Văn Hiếu
SaintFull write-upDocumented cause
Feast: 28 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1783
Died
1840
Beatified
27 May 1900
unverified
Canonised
19 June 1988
unverified
Who they were
Among those named in the Roman Martyrology's list of saints for this day is Saint Peter Nguyen Van Hieu, catechist.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology names him on 24 November in its list of saints, among the catechists.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
- Paulo Khoan Khan Pham Saint“In the city of Ninh Bình in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, the holy martyrs Paulo Khoan Khan Pham, priest, John Baptist Đinh Văn Thành and Peter Nguyễn Văn Hiếu, catechists, who, thrown into prison for three years and tortured to make them deny the Christian faith, at last found martyrdom by beheading under the emperor Minh…” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11817879 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.