Biography
Peter Zhao Mingzhen
About Peter Zhao Mingzhen
Peter Zhao Mingzhen was a Catholic from Beiwangtou in Hebei. His brother, John Baptist Zhao Mingxi, belonged to the same local community. The surviving church account remembers their deaths together with relatives and friends during the Boxer uprising.
In July 1900, eighteen people connected with their household were seized and killed. The biography describes the brothers leading those around them in prayer before death. He was canonized in 2000 with the Chinese martyrs.
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