A career soldier in Vietnam, he was martyred for the Faith in 1835. He could have saved his life by renouncing Christ, but stoutly refused. He died at age 27 by beheading, with his mother kneeling by the headman’s block to catch her son’s severed head. One of a galaxy of Vietnamese martyrs who will one day be venerated in a free Vietnam.
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Andrew Trong
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
