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Christian feast day: Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

Name: Christian feast day: Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Start: 2000-08-01
End: 2000-08-01
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On August 1, in the year 0, Christian feast day: Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs). This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of August 1, one of 507 recorded events on this date across all of history.

Bernard Vu Van Due, was a Vietnamese convert to Catholicism. He became a priest and worked as a missionary in the country for several decades. He was arrested and beheaded in 1838, at the age of 82 or 83, for being a Roman Catholic priest in Tonkin. He was later canonised as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam.

Key Facts

This event took place on August 1, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 2 Wikipedia articles.
Wikipedia source last updated on 17 May 2026.

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