St. Andrew Dung-Lac, a catholic convert that was ordained a priest in 1823, was one of the 117 people martyred in Vietnam between 1820 and 1862. The members of this group gave their lives for Christ and were beatified on four separate occasions between 1900 and 1951 and were canonized by Saint John Paul II in 1988.
Birth: 1795 Bac Ninh city, Bac Ninh, Vietnam
Death: 21 December 1839 Hanoi, Vietnam
Beatified: 21 November 1900, Vatican City by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Feast Day: 24 November
