Biography
Peter Zhang Banniu
About Peter Zhang Banniu
Peter Zhang Banniu was born in Tuling, Shanxi, in 1849. He came from a Catholic farming family. In his forties he moved to Taiyuan, where he performed occasional work for the cathedral and became a Franciscan tertiary.
During the attacks of 1900, some cathedral employees left for safety. Zhang offered to take the place of absent workers and stayed with Bishop Gregorio Grassi. He was killed in Taiyuan on 9 July 1900. He was canonized in 2000 with the Chinese martyrs.
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