Saint Emmanuel

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Saint Emmanuel (†c.304) was a Christian martyr under the persecutions of Diocletian. His feast day is 26 March.

Martyr of Vietnam, an ordained priest. A native Vietnamese, he joined the army but was ordained and worked under the auspices of the Foreign Mission of Paris. While visiting his mother, he was arrested in the anti-Christian persecution and martyred by beheading. Emmanuel was canonized in 1988.

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