Two Chinese Martyrs

St. Francis Gil de Frederich
Feastday: January 22
1745
Dominican martyr of Tonkin, China, and Vietnam. Born in Tortossa, Spain in 1702, Francis entered the Dominicans in Barcelona and was assigned to the Philippine missions. In 1732, he went to Tonkin and labored there. Arrested, he was a prisoner for several years and was beheaded. Francis was canonized in 1988.

Bl. Lawrence Wang
Feastday: January 28
1858
Chinese martyr. Born in Yuyang, Lawrence was beheaded by anti-Christian forces and received beatification in 1909.

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