Marcel Nguyễn Tân Văn
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Marcel Van (March 15, 1928 – July 10, 1959), or Marcel Nguyễn Tân Văn, was a Vietnamese Redemptorist brother. During his life, he reported receiving locutions and visions from Thérèse of Lisieux, Jesus Christ, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. He is called "The Apostle of Love", continuing the teachings of Therese of Lisieux's "Little Way." He died in a North Vietnam internment camp, and his cause for beatification was opened in 1997 by archbishop Nguyễn Văn Thuận. He called himself Little brother of the Christ Child.[1]
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Born | March 15, 1928 Ngăm Giáo, near Bắc Ninh (Vietnam) |
Died | July 10, 1959(1959-07-10) (aged 31) Internment camp at Yen Binh, (North Vietnam) |
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