July 16th

Saint Lang Yangzhi and Paul Lang Fu, Martyrs of China

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Lüjiapo, near Qinghe, Hebei, China · d. 1900

At Lüjiapo near Qinghe in Hebei province in China, Saints Lang Yangzhi, a catechumen, and her son Paul Lang Fu, martyrs, who, in the persecution carried out by the partisans of the “Yihetuan” (Boxer) faction, after the mother had professed herself a Christian, consummated their martyrdom for Christ in their home as it was laid waste by fire.

Latin Original

In loco Lüjapo apud Qinghe in Hebei Sinárum província, sanctórum Lang Yangzhi, catechüámensee, et Pauli Lang Fu, fílii eius, már? Quarum nomina: beate Maria a Iesu (Margarita Teresia) Charansol, Maria Anna a Sancto Ioachim Béguin-Royal, Maria Anna a Sancto Michaele Doux, Maria Rosa a Sancto Andrea Laye, Dorothea a Corde Mariae et Magdalena a Sanctissimo Sacramento de Justamont. tyrum, qui in persecutióne a fautóribus factiónis « Yihetuan» patráta, cum mater se christiánam proféssa esset, in domo igne vastáta. martyrium pro Christo consummavérunt.