Biography
Chi Zhuzi
About Chi Zhuzi
Chi Zhuzi came from a farming family in Hebei and began learning Catholic teaching through the example of neighbours. He sought to join the Church as a teenager, although he had not yet received baptism. His family opposed his continued participation when persecution threatened the village.
After finding temporary shelter with a Catholic household, he was intercepted while returning home. The received account says that he refused an order to worship in a temple and was killed in 1900. He was canonized in 2000 with the Chinese martyrs.
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