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Joachim Hao Kaizhi
SaintResearchedDocumented cause
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1782
Died
1839
Beatified
27 May 1900
unverified
Canonised
1 October 2000
unverified
Who they were
In the city of Guiyang in the province of Guizhou in China, Saint Joachim Hao Kaizhi, catechist and martyr, strangled for faith in Christ.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 9 July as a catechist strangled at Guiyang for faith in Christ.
Connected on this site
- 120 martyrs of China Saint honoured together
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4495619 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.