Biography
John Baptist Zhao Mingxi
About John Baptist Zhao Mingxi
John Baptist Zhao Mingxi was a Catholic from Beiwangtou in the Shen district of Hebei. Born in 1844, he is remembered with his older brother Peter Zhao Mingzhen.
On July 3, 1900, the brothers were caught in an attack on their family and companions. The church account describes a group of eighteen relatives and friends and remembers the brothers leading those around them in prayer before they were killed.
The Vatican canonization list records his age as fifty-six.
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