Saint Mateo Lê Van Gâm

Martyr

In Saigon, in the Conchinchina (Viet Nam today), saint Mateo Lê Van Gâm, martyr, who was arrested by introducing with his small boat to European missionaries and, at the end of a year in jail, was beheaded by order of the Emperor Thiêu Tri.

Celebration	11 of May Saints of the day
Name	Mateo is a man's name. Other saints with the same name: Saint Mateo Alonso of Leciana Saint Mateo Correa Saint Matthew Apostle and Evangelist Blessed Mateo Garolera Masferrer Blessed Matteo Guimera Blessed Matthew Carreri Blessed Matthew Flathers
Birth	in current Viet nam Saints born in Viet nam
Death	on May 11, 1847 in Saigón in current Viet nam Saints dead in Viet nam
Process	We have no record of his canonization process.