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John Gabriel Perboyre
French Roman Catholic saint
John Gabriel Perboyre, CM was a French Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Mission who served as a missionary in China, where he suffered martyrdom. He was canonized in 1996 by Pope John Paul II.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Martyr Saints of China
Catholic martyrs from several centuries canonized by John Paul II in 2000
The Martyr Saints of China, or Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, are 120 saints of the Catholic Church. 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)