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Simon Phan Đắc Hoà
SaintFull write-upDocumented cause
Feast: 12 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1774
Died
1840
Beatified
27 May 1900
unverified
Canonised
19 June 1988
unverified
Who they were
At Huê in old Annam, now Viet Nam, Saint Simon Phan Dac Hoa, martyr, who, a physician and father of a family, renowned for his charity to the poor, was captured for having given hospitality to missionaries under the emperor Minh Mang and, after prison and floggings, crowned his martyrdom by beheading.
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 12 December as a physician and father beheaded under Minh Mang for sheltering missionaries.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9352701 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.