June 1st

Saint Joseph Túc

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Hưng Yên, Vietnam · d. 1862

In the city of Hưng Yên in Tonkin, Saint Joseph Túc, martyr, who, a young farmer, when he had refused to trample upon the cross, was repeatedly imprisoned and tortured, and then under the emperor Tự Đức was beheaded.

Latin Original

In urbe Hung Yén in T’unquino, sancti Ioséphi Tác, mártyris, qui, iávenis agrícola, cum crucem calcáre recusásset, plüries in custódia cónditus et cruciátus est, dein sub imperatóre TT’u Düc cápite truncátus.