Saint Jacinto Castañeda Puchasóns
Also known as: Hyacint Castañeda; Hyacinth Castañeda
Feast Day
7 November; 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
Born
13 November 1743 in Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain
Died
Beheaded on 7 November 1773 in Ðong Mo, Ha Tay, Vietnam
Canonized
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
20 May 1906 by Pope Saint Pius X
Venerated
27 April 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X (decree on martyrdom)
Biography
The crimson of martyrdom stained the soil of Vietnam as the ultimate witness to a life consecrated to the Gospel. Jacinto Castañeda Puchasóns, a priest of the Order of Preachers, answered a divine summons that carried him from the Iberian Peninsula to the farthest reaches of the East. His story is one of radical departure, leaving the known world of Spain to embrace the dangers of missionary work in Asia during a time of intense religious tension. This sacrifice marks him as a definitive figure in the history of the Church’s evangelization efforts in the Orient.
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