July 18
Sunday Dinh Dat (+1859)
Martyr
Practical advice
With the desire to sanctify everyday life, pray for those who suffer persecution because of their faith with external order and internal recollection.
Biography
Nicknamed Nicholas, this martyred soldier was forced to renounce the Catholic faith and stepped on the cross, but he immediately repented and returned the denarius, the price of apostasy. He asked Emperor Minh Manh to be tried as a Christian and was strangled to death. He was canonized in 1988.
Example of
FortitudeFaithfulnessSacrifice