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Marcel Nguyễn Tân Văn

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Vietnamese Catholic religious servant (1928-1959)

Religious FiguresLived 1928 to 1959 · aged 31
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Marcel Van, 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.

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Marcel Van, 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. Van called himself "Little brother of the Christ Child".

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Religious Figures
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Religious Figure
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deceased
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Lived 1928 to 1959 · aged 31
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