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St. Francis Xavier Can
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Death: 1837
Canonized: Pope John Paul II
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Martyr of Vietnam. A native, born in Sou-Ming, he worked as a catechist with the priests of the Foreign Missions of Paris. Arrested and refusing to deny the faith, Francis Xavier was strangled in prison. He was canonized in 1988.