Saint Augustine Tchao

Also known as

• Augustin Rong Zhao
• Augustinus Zhao

Memorial

• 9 July
• 28 September as one of the Martyrs of China

Profile

Soldier. Escorted Saint Gabriel John Tauin du-Fresse to Beijing, China during his missionary work. Convert to Christianity. Priest. Worked in the Sichuan apostolic vicariate. Arrested for his faith and his work. He died in prison. One of the Martyrs of China.

Born

• c.1746 at Wuchuan, Guizhou, China

Died

• 27 January 1815 due to poor conditions in prison at Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Beatified

• 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dominican Adaptations from the Catalogus Hagiographicus OP
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Augustine Tchao“. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 March 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>