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Joan Wu Wenyin
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Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1850
Died
1900
Beatified
17 April 1955
unverified
Canonised
1 October 2000
unverified
Who they were
In the city of Yongnian in the province of Hebei in China, Saint Joan Wu Wenyin, martyr, who, a catechist, in the persecution unleashed by the followers of the Boxer sect, was condemned to death for refusing to pass from Christian teaching to paganism.
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 8 July as a catechist condemned to death in the Boxer persecution for refusing to abandon the faith.
Connected on this site
- 120 martyrs of China Saint honoured together
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4468214 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.