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The Martyr Saints of China (traditional Chinese: 中華殉道聖人; simplified Chinese: 中华殉道圣人; pinyin: Zhōnghuá xùndào shèngrén), or Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, are 120 saints of the Catholic Church. The 87 Chinese Catholics and 33 Western missionaries [1] from the mid-17th century to 1930 were martyred because ...
Augustine Zhao Rong (Chinese name: 趙榮; 赵荣; Zhào Róng; 1746–1815) was a Chinese Catholic priest who was martyred in 1815. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000, as one of the 120 Martyrs of China .
The Roman Catholic Church recognizes 120 Catholics who died between 1648 and 1930 as its Martyr Saints of China. They were canonized by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000. Of the group, 87 were Chinese laypeople and 33 were clergy; 86 died during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. [5] The Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church in Toronto, Ontario is named ...
Mark Ji Tianxiang was beatified on 24 November 1946 by Pope Pius XII along with 120 other Chinese martyrs, including Augustine Zhao Rong, and canonized by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000. [7] [5] [9] [10]
Lucy Yi Zhenmei [a] (December 9, 1815 – February 19, 1862) was a Sichuanese Catholic saint from Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China.She is the lone woman of the five Guizhou Martyrs, a subset of the much larger Martyr Saints of China.
Martyrs of Nagasaki (1628 engraving). This page is a list of saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God from Asia, as recognized by the Catholic Church.These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the states or territories of Asia.
Metrophanes, Chi Sung (Cháng Yángjí,常楊吉, his Chinese name is also sometimes translated as Tsi Chung) or Mitrophan (December 10, 1855 – June 10, 1900) was the first Chinese Eastern Orthodox priest to be martyred. He was killed with his family members and church followers in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion.
Originally based in Scarborough and now based in Markham, it was the second Catholic church to cater to Chinese Catholics in the GTA. The church is named for the Chinese Martyrs , 120 Chinese and foreign missionaries and laypeople who died in China during the 19th and 20th centuries.