July 20th

Saint Peter Zhou Rixin

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Lujiazhuang, Hebei, China · d. 1900

In the hamlet of Lujiazhuang near Yingxian, likewise in Hebei, Saint Peter Zhou Rixin, martyr, who in the same persecution, before the magistrate who pressed him, denied that he could forswear God the creator of the world, for which reason he was beheaded.

Latin Original

In pago Lujiazhuang prope Yngxian item in Hebei, sancti Petri Zhou Rixin, mártyris, qui in eádem persecutióne coram praefécto instánti se Deum creatórem mundi eiuráre posse negávit, quam ob rem cápite praecísus est.