St. Tôma Khuông

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Born: 1789 in Nam Hòa, Hung Yên, Tonquín (modern Vietnam) 

Died: beheaded with an ax on 30 January 1860 in prison in Hung Yên, Vietnam while kneeling before a cross he had been ordered to stomp on 

Venerated: 11 February 1951 by Pope Pius XII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified: 29 April 1951 by Pope Pius XII

Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II 

Feast day: 30 January

Born to the Tonkinese nobility, he was raised in a Christian home. Priest in the apostolic vicariate of Central Tonkin (modern Vietnam). Member of the Dominican Fraternity of Priests, and a tertiary. 

Imprisoned several times in the persecutions of Minh-Manh, but released. Arrested on 29 December 1859 in Tran Xa in the persecutions of Tu Ðuc. 

When he was ordered to stomp on a cross to show his refutation of Christianity, he instead kneeled and began to pray. Martyr.