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Francis Serrano
Spanish Dominican, missionary, martyr, Catholic saint
SaintSpainDominican OrderDocumented cause
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1695
Died
1748
Beatified
14 May 1893
unverified
Canonised
1 October 2000
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Who they were
Francisco Serrano (Chinese: 德方济; December 4, 1695 – October 28, 1748) was a Spanish Catholic missionary in China during the 18th century. He died as a martyr in 1748 and was later canonized by the church as a saint.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q4417821 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Francis Serrano (CC BY-SA)
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