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Peter Wang Zuolung
SaintResearchedDocumented cause
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1842
Died
1900
Beatified
17 April 1955
unverified
Canonised
1 October 2000
unverified
Who they were
At Shuangzhong near Jixian in the province of Hebei in China, Saint Peter Wang Zuolung, martyr, who during the Boxer persecution died by hanging for refusing to renounce faith in Christ before pagan idols.
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 6 July as a martyr hanged in the Boxer persecution for refusing to renounce Christ.
Connected on this site
- 120 martyrs of China Saint honoured together
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4103241 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.