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Saint Phêrô Vu Van Truat

Also known as: Peter Truat

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

December 18

Died

December 1, 18

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Biography

Saint Phêrô Vu Van Truat, also known as Peter Truat, was a young layman catechist who lived in the apostolic vicariate of West Tonkin, which is now part of modern Vietnam. He was born around 1816 in Ke Thiec, Hà Nam, Vietnam. Not much is known about his early life, but it is believed that he received a strong Catholic upbringing and had a deep faith from a young age....

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