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Thomas Đinh Viết Dụ
SaintFull write-upDominican OrderDocumented cause
Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1783
Died
1839
Beatified
27 May 1900
unverified
Canonised
19 June 1988
unverified
Who they were
In the city of Nam Dinh in Tonkin, now Vietnam, Saints Thomas Đinh Viết Dụ and Dominic Nguyen Van (Doàn) Xuyên, priests of the Order of Preachers and martyrs, who were beheaded together by decree of the Emperor Minh Mang.
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 26 November as a Dominican priest beheaded at Nam Dinh by decree of Minh Mang.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 26 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9359832 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.