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Detail From A Prayer Card Commemorating The Beatification of The Martyrs of Tonkin Artist Unknown 1906 Photographed On 18 June 2008 By Alex Maynardo Castro
Detail From A Prayer Card Commemorating The Beatification of The Martyrs of Tonkin Artist Unknown 1906 Photographed On 18 June 2008 By Alex Maynardo Castro

Saint Jacinto Castañeda Puchasóns

Also known as: Hyacint Castañeda; Hyacinth Castañeda

Saint
Post-Congregation

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

Saint Jacinto Castañeda Puchasóns, a devoted priest of the Order of Preachers (Dominican Friars), dedicated his life to the evangelization of Asia. Born in Spain, though the precise date and place remain unrecorded in historical accounts, his vocation led him to serve as a missionary across the vast and challenging territories of the Philippines, China, and Tonkin. He

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