Biography
Francis Zhang Rong
About Francis Zhang Rong
Francis Zhang Rong came from a Catholic farming family in Shanxi. After his wife's death, he moved to Taiyuan, where he worked for the Catholic orphanage as a porter and messenger. He also belonged to the Franciscan third order.
When the mission community was arrested during the Boxer uprising, he accompanied the religious sisters into custody. He was killed with the prisoners at Taiyuan in July 1900. He was canonized in 2000 with the Chinese martyrs.
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