Biography
Joseph Ma Taishun
About Joseph Ma Taishun
Joseph Ma Taishun was a Chinese Catholic remembered for catechetical work and medical knowledge. He was born in 1840 at Qianshengzhuang in the Dongguang district of Hebei.
During the violence of 1900, he left home and sought refuge in the fields. The received account describes his capture near Majiayuan and his removal to Wanglajia. Despite pressure to abandon Christianity, he remained firm and was killed.
The Vatican canonization list records his age as sixty.
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