Bl. Franciscan Martyrs of China - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Franciscan Martyrs of China - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



The Roman Catholic Martyr Saints of China, or Augustine Zhao Rong and his 119 companions, The 87 Chinese Catholics and 33 Western missionaries, from the mid-17th century to 1930, were martyred because of their ministry and, in some cases, for their refusal to apostatize. Feastday June 5

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